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Subject: Re: The 16 ply challenge restated

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:19:37 09/14/00

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On September 14, 2000 at 17:16:33, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
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>There is nothing particularly beautiful about a flashy mate when something
>simpler is available. In fact, many top players regard the flashy mate as a
>mistake for practical reasons.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

>In a chess game, it is illogical and pointless to
>expend extra effort to find them.

And yet all commercial chess programs seem to continue the search if I ask them
to.  Did they get it wrong?

• Re: The 16 ply challenge restated Ricardo Gibert 15:22:53 09/14/00
  • Ignore above (NT) Ricardo Gibert 15:25:50 09/14/00
• Re: The 16 ply challenge restated Uri Blass 14:35:14 09/14/00

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