Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:04:33 09/29/00
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On September 29, 2000 at 09:56:32, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >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. This kind of "feature" is irrelevant for me in the decision if to buy the program. If I can translate the score to the real score than it is enough for me even in cases that there is a bug. I guess that most people expect the same as you and me but I can speak only for myself and not for the majority. I do not think that this will be a reason for people to decide not to buy tiger. Uri
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