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Subject: Re: Mate in 14

Author: F. Huber

Date: 13:49:33 12/02/05

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On December 02, 2005 at 16:12:40, chandler yergin wrote:

>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

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