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Date:      Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:14:49 +0100 (BST)
From:      Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r212168 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.00.1009041811160.21746@ury.york.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <201009030320.o833KYFF031921@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201009030320.o833KYFF031921@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Author: jmg
> Date: Fri Sep  3 03:20:34 2010
> New Revision: 212168
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/212168
> 
> Log:
>   fix the move so that it matches what the rest of the internet
>   says about this game...  This move also makes more sense...
>   
>   MFC after:	1 week
> 
> Modified:
>   head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
> 
> Modified: head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
> ==============================================================================
> --- head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes	Fri Sep  3 00:34:45 2010	(r212167)
> +++ head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes	Fri Sep  3 03:20:34 2010	(r212168)
> @@ -45221,7 +45221,7 @@ of their own homes.
>  	1: P-Q4, Kt-KB3
>  	2: Kt-Q2, P-K4
>  	3: PxP, Kt-Kt5
> -	4: P-K6, Kt-K6/
> +	4: P-KR3, Kt-K6/
>  	White then resigns on realizing that a fifth move would involve
>  either a Q-KR5 check or the loss of his queen.
>  		-- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures"

Just for the record - I've got the book (I'd highly recommend it to anyone 
who sees a copy), and it's not a transcription error - it appears 
incorrectly in the book itself.  I guess the fact the quote has been 
corrected from the book probably isn't worth mentioning in the fortune 
though.

Gavin



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