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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