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Subject: Re: Exiting a Search with Mate

Author: William Bryant

Date: 07:42:33 04/17/00

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On April 16, 2000 at 09:53:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:


>Crafty stops at the right point, _unless_ given a sd=N command.  It uses the
>rule of "search to 2*N=1" when it finds a mate in N, just to be sure there
>isn't a shorter mate.    In the position you gave, it stopped after 4 plies
>as that is the minimum depth it will normally search to, regardless of the
>mate found...
>

I'm not sure I understand you rule to exit a search with a mate score.

Do you search to 2 times the depth of the mate, ie 4 ply for a mate in 2?

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com



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