Francesca Mad 0.0.9 Castling Rules problem

[Robert Allgeuer]

It may be already known, I remember having it seem already in the past once (although I also do believe that I have not posted it at the time). Francesca has problem with its castling rules, see following game:

[Event "Gandalf v6.0 Gauntlet"]
[Site "DISCO"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[Round "19.1"]
[Number "27645"]
[White "Gandalf v6.0WB"]
[Black "Francesca M.0.0.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Qf2
Be7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Rg8 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rg5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Ne2
Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc4 22. Ng3 a5 23. c3 Qa6 24. cxb4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 axb4 26. Nd2
Bb5 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Ngxf1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. N1d2 Rh8 31. Qb3 h5 32. g5
O-O
{Black wins on time} 0-1


Robert

[Gábor Szots]

It may be already known, I remember having it seem already in the past once (although I also do believe that I have not posted it at the time). Francesca has problem with its castling rules, see following game:

[Event "Gandalf v6.0 Gauntlet"]
[Site "DISCO"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[Round "19.1"]
[Number "27645"]
[White "Gandalf v6.0WB"]
[Black "Francesca M.0.0.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "300+2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Qf2
Be7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Rg8 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qe3 Rg5 19. Rhf1 b4 20. Ne2
Rc8 21. Rc1 Qc4 22. Ng3 a5 23. c3 Qa6 24. cxb4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 axb4 26. Nd2
Bb5 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Ngxf1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. N1d2 Rh8 31. Qb3 h5 32. g5
O-O
{Black wins on time} 0-1


Robert

Hi Robert,

Yes, this is a well-known bug of Francesca. You can do nothing better than change the result as 1-0 for the opponent.
I think Tom King is aware of the problem but it seems the development of Francesca has stopped.

[Tom King]

A fix for this is underway, currently being tested.. Apologies for any inconvenience this issue has caused people. It only occurs rarely (1 in every 500 games?), which is some consolation