Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Dec 29, 2017 03:12 AM UTC:
>>Kevin Pacey wrote on 2017-01-25 EST
>> My own suggestion would be that for the diagrammed example, for Modern Shatranj, let the stalemate=win rule
>> override the bare king consideration - the 'logic' being that the stalemated king will perish if the stalemated side
>> attempts to move, whereas the bare king has freedom still.
>> In any case, I don't know how Jose's rules enforcing preset for Modern Shatranj currently would handle the >> diagrammed example, after the final move is made. [edit: the preset's rules say a lone bare king is an Automatic
>> Loss (if the other side's king isn't immediately bared), so I think I ought to take that at face value, even for the
>> example situation I gave.]
Forgive me for my late response... Better late than never! At least I'm still responding in the same year as the question! :-)
As currently programmed, for the given (unlikely) position, the result of my preset would be a win for the bare King.
I need to check the logic to account for this strange position.
I agree with Joe, it should be an automatic win for Player B, as Player A was bared prior to the stalemate, and the rules only allow for the disadvantaged bared King to play, if he would bare the other king in the next move. Nothing is provided for the case where the bare King could stalemate the opponent on his next move.
I guess this position must have had a lot to do with both stalemate and bare kings (by insuficient material) being draws in modern Chess, to avoid this dilema.
>>Kevin Pacey wrote on 2017-01-25 EST
>> My own suggestion would be that for the diagrammed example, for Modern Shatranj, let the stalemate=win rule
>> override the bare king consideration - the 'logic' being that the stalemated king will perish if the stalemated side
>> attempts to move, whereas the bare king has freedom still.
>> In any case, I don't know how Jose's rules enforcing preset for Modern Shatranj currently would handle the
>> diagrammed example, after the final move is made. [edit: the preset's rules say a lone bare king is an Automatic
>> Loss (if the other side's king isn't immediately bared), so I think I ought to take that at face value, even for the
>> example situation I gave.]
Forgive me for my late response... Better late than never! At least I'm still responding in the same year as the question! :-)
As currently programmed, for the given (unlikely) position, the result of my preset would be a win for the bare King.
I need to check the logic to account for this strange position.
I agree with Joe, it should be an automatic win for Player B, as Player A was bared prior to the stalemate, and the rules only allow for the disadvantaged bared King to play, if he would bare the other king in the next move. Nothing is provided for the case where the bare King could stalemate the opponent on his next move.
I guess this position must have had a lot to do with both stalemate and bare kings (by insuficient material) being draws in modern Chess, to avoid this dilema.