when a win is not a win...

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:37 am

Although playing pulsar on the iphone at its weakest level, I was feeling good about beating it in crazyhouse in a record for me in 15 moves , until I went over the game ..

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&#91;Event "Pulsar Crazyhouse Easy"&#93;
&#91;Site "iPhone"&#93;
&#91;Date "Feb 12, 2017"&#93;
&#91;Round "-"&#93;
&#91;White "Player"&#93;
&#91;Black "Pulsar"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
1. e2e4 e7e5 2. g1f3 g8f6 3. b1c3 f6g4 4. h2h3 g4f2 5. e1f2 b8c6 6. f1c4 P@d4 7. c3d5 f8c5 8. d2d3 h7h5 9. f3g5 f7f6 10. g5f3 g7g5 11. c1d2 h8f8 12. d1e2 d7d6 13. N@g7 e8d7 14. f3g5 f6g5 15. P@e6
&#123;Player Wins&#125;
1-0l

take a closer look, it's not what appears to be. If you want to see the reason below , highlight the text below in white font with your mouse.

Reason: Look at the position before my last move 15. P@e6, I was in check and the program allowed me to take my winning? move anyway - reminded me of playing my dad years ago...