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EP bug in RHP Blitz Site.

EP bug in RHP Blitz Site.

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Hi

Heinz and myself played a few games to test this out.

E.P. does not work if King is in Check or is Checkmated

In this position it would not allow 6...fxg3.



I marched my King across to Queenside and Blitz Site declared
White win even though Black has EP capture.


Here is the game -

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Quite handy to know this, it could gain you valuable seconds on the clock.

Your opponent might think they have been disconnected.

In this this OTB position, Reefschlaeger -v- Fahnenschmidt, Germany 1987.



White has just played 23. f4+ and if it had been on the blitz site
then it would be checkmate. Instead White went onto to lose this.

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How on earth did you manage to find that game?

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How on earth did he manage to discover the bug? In a million years of playing, and a zillion games played, I've never come close to delivering mate with EP as the get-out.

But I'm glad the bug has been discovered. It's so serious, I guess we're all due a refund on our subs 🙂

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Originally posted by atticus2
How on earth did he manage to discover the bug?
by simply playing 😉 see Thread 115490

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Thread 113454
Thread 106242
Thread 105886

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
How on earth did you manage to find that game?
I just know these things. 😉

Here is Maklari - Kocsis, Karacsony Cup Debrecen, 1998.



Black has just played 26...e7-e5+ and the if it was not for the accursed
en passant rule it would be checkmate. after 27.dxe6 Black resigned.

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Just played this... and guess what, it didn't let me e.p. - which nearly led to a loss of a Rook!