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Subject: Re: Mate in 14

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:20:01 12/02/05

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On December 02, 2005 at 17:16:41, chandler yergin wrote:

>On December 02, 2005 at 17:07:33, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On December 02, 2005 at 16:49:33, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>Are you a parrot?
>>
>>LOL.  I think a parrot has more sense.  At least when you teach it something it
>>does eventually learn it if even only to repeat it over and over.
>>I suspect Chandler corrupted the hash tables somehow when making/taking back
>>moves in analysis mode or something like that.  My Shredder 8 workd fine and
>>NEVER announces mate in 11.  Unfortunately there are some commercial engines
>>with the type of problem that has caused this stir.  Notably ProDeo 1.1 will
>>announce Mate in 12 with this position and later announce Mate in 14.  Again I
>>suspect some problem with hash tables.
>How many times do I have to paste this?
>"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?

-NOT-



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