Re: Mac os X panther version bug

[Mridul Muralidharan]

I think you are describing an en passant move - which is a legal chess move.
http://www.conservativebookstore.com/chess/enpass.htm

- Mridul

On 7/16/05, richard maxfield <address@hidden> wrote:
> Help?
> 
> Play a version (Version 2, June 1991, Apple date 2003) which came with
> OS X panther (10.3.4)  Updated to 10.3.9.
> 
> In the middle of the games, plays by black pawns (the computer
> generated moves) against white pawns are incorrect.  If a white pawn
> moves to the same row as the black pawn( let's say row 5), the computer
> will make a play and capture the white pawn(which is actually on the
> same row 5) and will move the black pawn forward to row 4 right or left
> depending on which column the white pawn occupied.
> 
> This happens all across the board, the black pawn moving both to the
> left and the right.
> It also happens from row 4 to row 3, and from row 3 to row 2.
> 
> Have searched the apple site and gnu site for an update, and can find
> nothing for a mac application.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bug-gnu-chess mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnu-chess
>