Author: chandler yergin
Date: 13:12:40 12/02/05
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On December 02, 2005 at 16:06:30, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: >On December 02, 2005 at 15:58:17, chandler yergin wrote: > >>On December 02, 2005 at 15:49:11, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: > >>>Call it bug, mistake, error or whatever you like: If the shortest possible mate >>>in a position is #14 and an engine displays #11, there is something wrong. >>Nope! >>The engine sees a line it calls it! That is what it's supposed to do! >>"Engines evaluate all moves 1/2 move i.e. 1 Ply at a time." >>Nothing more.. nothing less. >>The deeper the search the better the evaluation. >>On deeper search it found there was only a Mate in 14. > >From YOUR OWN posting: > >1.Qd3+ f5 2.Qxg3+ > +- (#14) Depth: 16/16 00:00:01 247kN >1.Qd3+ f5 2.Qxg3+ Kf6 3.Qd6+ Kg5 4.Rh5+ Kxh5 5.Qxd2 > +- (#11) Depth: 17/18 00:00:02 596kN > >Depth 16: #14 -> correct >Depth 17: #11 -> wrong > >Would you please accept that we have a problem here :-)) NO! "Engines evaluate all moves 1/2 move i.e. 1 Ply at a time." Nothing more.. nothing less. The deeper the search the better the evaluation. On deeper search it found there was only a Mate in 14. You don't understand this? Agree or not? Thanks, Chan > >Yours truly Paul J. Sacral
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