diff -r e0a76ee1bb2b -r efeb98bc69c9 src/chess/rules.c
--- a/src/chess/rules.c	Tue Apr 01 14:04:00 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/chess/rules.c	Thu Apr 03 16:07:04 2014 +0200
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         move->check = 1;
     } else if (mstr[len-1] == '#') {
         len--; mstr[len] = '\0';
-        move->checkmate = 1;
+        /* ignore - validation should set game state */
     }
     
     /* evaluate promotion */