What happens here, please ?

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Sylwy
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What happens here, please ?

Post by Sylwy »

Take a look to the below position. Barbarossa (blacks) has a huge advantage (+13.24 after his evaluation). The last move of Gladiator (45.b3) - a perfect legal one - was considered illegal and Arena GUI adjudicates the game .........to Gladiator !!!!!!
A bug in Arena ? I don't like it !

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velmarin
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Re: What happens here, please ?

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If it was b2 to b3,
could be that the next move Barbarosa is illegal, and is not reflected in the notation, says illegal ...

It could be the explanation... :?:


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Re: What happens here, please ?

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velmarin wrote:If it was b2 to b3,
could be that the next move Barbarosa is illegal, and is not reflected in the notation, says illegal ...

It could be the explanation... :?:

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I second that theory.

Barbarosa sends an illegal move after Gladiator plays b3. Arena correctly claims the illegal move and adjudicates the game to Gladiator, but fails to display what the illegal move was (which is bad, of course).

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Re: What happens here, please ?

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This is why WinBoard always specifies the move it deemed illegal, in the result message. :lol:
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