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[hgm]

Actually I thought puts was suspicious.

According to MSDN puts adds \n to the string.

However on windows the line terminator is \r\n

Polyglot (and presumable cutechess-cli) do line input (fgets).

So they never get to see a string terminated with only \n.

But I thought he was running on Linux (using XBoard).

[Michel]

But I thought he was running on Linux (using XBoard).

It seems you are right. Oh well then it remains a mystery.

My "explanation" was suspect anyway since in "text mode" windows
will automagically translate \n into \r\n.

[lucasart]

But I thought he was running on Linux (using XBoard).

It seems you are right. Oh well then it remains a mystery.

My "explanation" was suspect anyway since in "text mode" windows
will automagically translate \n into \r\n.

it is strange indeed. anyway i managed to play a first game. here's the PGN if you want to have a good laugh

1. Nc3 {0.00/8 2.5s} Nc6 {0.00/8 2.5s} 2. d4 {0.00/8 2.5s} d5 {0.00/8 2.5s}
3. e3 {0.00/7 2.4s} e6 {0.00/7 2.4s} 4. Bb5 {0.00/7 2.4s} Bd7 {0.00/7 2.4s}
5. Bd2 {0.00/7 2.4s} Nf6 {0.00/7 2.4s} 6. Nf3 {0.00/7 2.3s} Bb4 {0.00/7 2.3s}
7. O-O {0.00/7 2.3s} O-O {0.00/7 2.3s} 8. Qe2 {0.00/7 2.3s} Qe7 {0.00/7 2.3s}
9. Rfe1 {0.00/6 2.2s} Rad8 {0.00/6 2.2s} 10. Bd3 {0.00/7 2.2s} e5 {0.00/7 2.2s}
11. dxe5 {0.00/6 2.2s} Nxe5 {0.00/6 2.2s} 12. e4 {0.00/6 2.1s}
Nxd3 {0.00/6 2.1s} 13. cxd3 {0.00/6 2.1s} Rfe8 {0.00/6 2.1s}
14. e5 {0.00/6 2.1s} Bxc3 {0.00/6 2.1s} 15. Bxc3 {0.00/6 2.0s} c5 {0.00/6 2.0s}
16. Qd2 {0.00/6 2.0s} Ng4 {0.00/6 2.0s} 17. d4 {0.00/6 2.0s} c4 {0.00/6 2.0s}
18. h3 {0.00/6 2.0s} Nh6 {0.00/6 2.0s} 19. Ba5 {0.00/7 2.0s} Ra8 {0.00/6 2.0s}
20. Bc3 {0.00/6 1.9s} Nf5 {0.00/6 1.9s} 21. Rad1 {0.00/6 1.9s} Bc6 {0.00/6 1.9s}
22. Qc2 {0.00/6 1.9s} Qd7 {0.00/6 1.9s} 23. Qd2 {0.00/6 1.9s} Rac8 {0.00/7 1.9s}
24. Qf4 {0.00/7 1.8s} h6 {0.00/6 1.8s} 25. h4 {0.00/6 1.8s} Qe6 {0.00/6 1.8s}
26. h5 {0.00/6 1.8s} Ba4 {0.00/6 1.8s} 27. Rd2 {0.00/6 1.8s} Bc6 {0.00/6 1.8s}
28. g4 {0.00/7 1.8s} Ne7 {0.00/7 1.8s} 29. Rde2 {0.00/6 1.8s} Bd7 {0.00/7 1.7s}
30. Nh2 {0.00/7 1.7s} Nc6 {0.00/6 1.7s} 31. g5 {0.00/7 1.7s} hxg5 {0.00/6 1.7s}
32. Qxg5 {0.00/7 1.7s} Ne7 {0.00/6 1.7s} 33. a3 {0.00/6 1.7s} Qf5 {0.00/6 1.7s}
34. Qxf5 {0.00/7 1.7s} Bxf5 {0.00/7 1.7s} 35. Rd2 {0.00/7 1.6s}
Rc6 {0.00/7 1.6s} 36. a4 {0.00/7 1.6s} Rh6 {0.00/7 1.6s} 37. a5 {0.00/7 1.6s}
Rxh5 {0.00/7 1.6s} 38. Nf1 {0.00/7 1.6s} Rg5+ {0.00/7 1.6s}
39. Ng3 {0.00/7 1.6s} Nc6 {0.00/7 1.6s} 40. Kg2 {0.00/7 1.6s} Bg4 {0.00/6 1.6s}
41. f4 {0.00/7 1.5s} Rg6 {0.00/7 1.5s} 42. Kf2 {0.00/7 1.5s} Rd8 {0.00/7 1.5s}
43. Rc2 {0.00/7 1.5s} Rh6 {0.00/7 1.5s} 44. Ne2 {0.00/6 1.5s} Rh3 {0.00/6 1.5s}
45. Rd1 {0.00/7 1.5s} Rf3+ {0.00/6 1.5s} 46. Ke1 {0.00/7 1.5s} Bf5 {0.00/7 1.5s}
47. Rcc1 {0.00/8 1.5s} Bd3 {0.00/7 1.5s} 48. Ra1 {0.00/7 1.4s}
Bxe2 {0.00/7 1.4s} 49. Kxe2 {0.00/7 1.4s} Rxf4 {0.00/8 1.4s}
50. a6 {0.00/7 1.4s} b5 {0.00/7 1.4s} 51. b4 {0.00/7 1.4s} cxb3 {0.00/7 1.4s}
52. Rab1 {0.00/7 1.4s} f6 {0.00/7 1.4s} 53. Ke3 {0.00/7 1.4s} Re4+ {0.00/7 1.4s}
54. Kd3 {0.00/7 1.4s} fxe5 {0.00/7 1.4s} 55. dxe5 {0.00/8 1.4s} b4 {0.00/7 1.4s}
56. Bb2 {0.00/8 1.4s} Rf8 {0.00/7 1.4s} 57. Re1 {0.00/8 1.4s} Rf3+ {0.00/7 1.4s}
58. Kd2 {0.00/7 1.4s} Rf2+ {0.00/7 1.3s} 59. Kd1 {0.00/7 1.3s} Rc4 {0.00/7 1.4s}
60. e6 {0.00/8 1.3s} Rcc2 {0.00/7 1.3s} 61. Bc1 {0.00/8 1.3s} b2 {0.00/7 1.3s}
62. Rxb2 {0.00/7 1.3s} Rxb2 {0.00/7 1.3s} 63. e7 {0.00/7 1.3s}
Nxe7 {0.00/8 1.3s} 64. Bxb2 {0.00/8 1.3s} Nf5 {0.00/9 1.3s}
65. Re2 {0.00/9 1.3s} Rf1+ {0.00/8 1.3s} 66. Kc2 {0.00/8 1.3s} Rf3 {0.00/8 1.3s}
67. Re8+ {0.00/9 1.3s} Kf7 {0.00/8 1.3s} 68. Rb8 {0.00/8 1.3s} Ke6 {0.00/8 1.3s}
69. Rxb4 {0.00/8 1.3s} Ne3+ {0.00/8 1.3s} 70. Kd2 {0.00/8 1.3s}
Nc4+ {0.00/8 1.3s} 71. Ke2 {0.00/8 1.3s} Re3+ {0.00/8 1.3s}
72. Kf2 {0.00/9 1.3s} Rd3 {0.00/9 1.2s} 73. Bxg7 {0.00/9 1.2s} Ra3 {0.00/9 1.2s}
74. Rb7 {0.00/8 1.2s} Rxa6 {0.00/9 1.2s} 75. Bd4 {0.00/8 1.2s}
Ra2+ {0.00/8 1.2s} 76. Kf3 {0.00/8 1.2s} a5 {0.00/8 1.2s} 77. Ra7 {0.00/8 1.2s}
Rd2 {0.00/8 1.2s} 78. Ra6+ {0.00/8 1.2s} Kd7 {0.00/7 1.2s} 79. Bf2 {0.00/8 1.2s}
Rd1 {0.00/8 1.2s} 80. Bg3 {0.00/8 1.2s} Ke7 {0.00/8 1.2s} 81. Bf4 {0.00/8 1.2s}
Re1 {0.00/8 1.2s} 82. Kg4 {0.00/8 1.2s} Re6 {0.00/7 1.2s} 83. Ra7+ {0.00/8 1.2s}
Kf6 {0.00/8 1.2s} 84. Bc7 {0.00/8 1.2s} Re4+ {0.00/8 1.2s} 85. Kg3 {0.00/8 1.2s}
Re3+ {0.00/8 1.2s} 86. Kf4 {0.00/8 1.2s} Re4+ {0.00/9 1.2s}
87. Kg3 {0.00/8 1.2s} Re3+ {0.00/8 1.2s} 88. Kf4 {0.00/9 1.2s}
Re4+ {0.00/9 1.2s} 89. Kg3 {0.00/9 1.2s, Draw by 3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2

i am very intruiged that black chose to draw this position... must be a bug in my 3 move draw code. i'll have a look!