Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 06:56:32 09/29/00
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On September 28, 2000 at 03:07:06, Christophe Theron wrote: >On September 27, 2000 at 05:24:39, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 27, 2000 at 05:17:52, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>On September 27, 2000 at 05:13:57, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>On September 27, 2000 at 04:45:38, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >>>> >>>>>[D]8/8/p3R3/1p5p/1P5p/6rp/5K1p/7k w - - 0 1 >>>>> >>>>>Shredder 4 and Fritz 6a this don't find ! >>>>> >>>>>Eduard >>>> >>>>I guess every Rebel version will solve this one very quick. >>>> >>>>00:01 10.00 Mate in 7 moves 2.Re1+ Rg1 3.Rf1 a5 4.bxa5 b4 5.a6 b3 6.a7 Rxf1+ >>>>7.Kxf1 b2 8.a8=Q+ >>>> >>>>This comes from Century 2.0 >>>> >>>>Ed >>> >>>And here is Tiger II beta: >>> >>>00:00:00.7 Mate in 6 12 122224 Re1+ Rg1 Rf1 a5 bxa5 b4 a6 Rxf1+ Kxf1 >>>b3 a7 b2 a8Q# >>> >>>Ed >> >>The score is mate in 6 and the pv shows mate in 7. >>Is there a bug in writing the score correctly? >> >>Uri > > >No, it's done on purpose. > >Announcing mate in 7 sounds like "I have found the solution of the problem, and >it's a mate in 7". > >Announcing mate in 6 means: "I play this move, and then you are mate in 6 moves >(or less)". > >I know it sounds more brilliant to announce a mate in 7 than a mate in 6, but I >prefer the second way. > Okay, we understand you did it on purpose and you prefer it that way, now change it to the way most people expect it should work! You are unwittingly positing the idea in the mind of your customers that your program contains silly bugs. Of course, they may not be justified in this conclusion, but that is irrelevant. What is relevant is this "feature" may cost you money unnecessarily. It is simplist to avoid this by changing it to what people expect.
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