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Subject: Re: Revisiting WCSAC #398

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 08:40:19 08/22/03

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On August 22, 2003 at 11:38:08, Steven Edwards wrote:

>On August 22, 2003 at 11:29:20, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2003 at 10:54:17, Steven Edwards wrote:
>>
>>>BUT, the above mentioned Paradise chess program pulls out the mate PV with a
>>>search tree containing only 109 nodes.  It solves many other tactical puzzles
>>>with similarly small search trees.
>>
>>BTW, Paradise was not a chessprogram. It was a matesolver.
>
>Wrong.
>
>Paradise could pick a move for any position.  Its intended domain was for
>tactical searches, including both mates and material wins.

CHEST can probably pick moves for any position too (if not, it's an easy
modification).

That doesn't make it a chessprogram.

As you just said, it was meant for tactical (and specifically mate) searches,
not for playing games.

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GCP



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