[Retros] Version 3.3 of Natch is available
Pascal Wassong
pascal.wassong at free.fr
Thu Apr 30 07:12:01 EDT 2020
Hello all,
I have created version 3.3 of Natch. It corrects a bug found and
thoroughly analysed by Mark Watkins.
The bug happened for example in the following position, where two pieces
block the same line, here f8-a3, and another piece could have a shorter
trajectory if the line were not blocked (here Qd8-e7-a3). After the
move bBf8-e7, the block by bPe7-d6 was no more found and the bQ could
then reach a3 in 2 moves, instead of 3 previously. This spare coming
out of nothing did that no solution was found. It could probably also
happen on a column, eg h2-h4 and Rh1-h2, but I have not testing that.
This bug was probably introduced in version 2.5Beta, dated from 2009.
The new version is available at the usual place: http://Natch.free.fr
A big thank you to Mark Watkins.
Courage and patience,
Pascal
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|*P |*P |*P |*P |*B |*P |*P |*R |
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| | . | |*P | | . | |*P |
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| P | | . | | . | | . | |
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| | R | | . | | . | | . |
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|*Q | | . | P | . | | . | |
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| | P | P | . | P | P | P | P |
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| . | N | . | Q | K | B | N | R |
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rnb1k1n1/ppppbppr/3p3p/P7/1R6/q2P4/1PP1PPPP/1N1QKBNR
14 single moves. 15 + 16
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