Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:22:26 04/16/03
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On April 16, 2003 at 20:01:19, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: >On April 16, 2003 at 14:30:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>No you can't. You _always_ have to search every move at the root. that is the >>_only_ node where you can make that statement. > >ob_nitpick: If the position is mate in 1, then you only need to search the >mating move. I already pointed this out. In fact, this is true for any odd depth ending in mate as per Knuth/Moore. RH wants to dismiss this as uncommon, while avoiding admitting the statement, "You _always_ have to search every move at the root" is false.
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