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Subject: Re: Mate in 14 problem

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:42:03 01/05/02

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On January 05, 2002 at 06:26:33, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 04, 2002 at 23:27:50, John Pahl wrote:
>
>>Hi John
>>How are you doing this on Chessmaster 8000?
>>Are you using the "Solve for mate" or are you using the thinking lines window to
>>see the mate in 14?
>>
>>
>>If I use the "Solve for mate" it takes forever on my 333mhz, if ever. I did not
>>what for it to find it.
>>
>>If i open the "thinking lines window" it finds it in 8 seconds, wow!
>>
>>Why are the two options so differant?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>JP
>
>The 2 options are so different because of the fact that
>solve for mate is looking for the shortest mate and
>it cannot fnd that there is no mate in 13 in a short time.
>
>Uri

Correct. These are two completely different kinds of searches. The Thinking
Lines window searches for the best move; the Solve For Mate searches only for
mates, which requires a much more thorough search.

jm



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