"Andy [YaYa]" wrote in message
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"DiamondGazer" wrote in message
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I moved my pawn from G7 to G5, and there was an enemy pawn
at H5. Then on the CPU's turn, it captures that pawn that was on G5 by
moving
to G6.

That's not a bug it's the rules of the game.

Neil

"adam12" wrote in message
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maybe I missed something but I thought the rules of the game state that a
pawn can only capture a piece that is diagonal not when it is beside it.
SO does anyone know how to deal with this

The move is called "En passant". En passant capture is a special type of
move, with which pawns can take other pawns, under specific rules. It goes
as follows:

1. A player moves his pawn two squares, from his second row to his
fourth row.
2. There is a pawn of the opponent that can capture at the squares that
is passed over by the pawn.
3. In that case, this pawn of the opponent has the right to capture en
passant in the directly following move.
4. To capture en passant, the opponents pawn goes to the square passed
over by the pawn (i.e., the square on the third row), thus moving
diagonally forwards. The captured pawn is taken from the board.

In otherwords, if 2 pawns line up side by side, on the NEXT move your
opponent has the option to move behind your pawn and your pawn bites the
big one. Not to mention your opponents pawn has a nice line of sight with
your back lines.

http://www.chessvariants.org/d.chess/enpassant.html

Damn dude, Chess has been around for centuries, if "Big Blue" couldn't
mess it up, what makes you think todays computing powerhouses will? It's
CHESS, if a computer makes a cool move that you've never seen before,
assume it's a valid move. Note that this quote from chessvariants.org
says, "under specific rules", you might see if there's an option in Chess
Titans to turn off En passant.

-A.

Geez that last paragraph was a little harsh, sorry dude, working on 4 hours
of sleep today. Was a little cranky this morning.