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Subject: Re: Why Can't My Program See This?

Author: Michael Neish

Date: 01:26:13 10/20/00

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On October 20, 2000 at 04:03:03, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>I know that Bob helped you with this and you posted that you've figured it out,
>but something to remember is that you can't just figure out how deep the winning
>line is and assume that you can find the thing if you search that deep.
>
>Every move you make along the winning line allows a multitude of opponent
>replies, and if even one of them delays things, even if the eventual result is
>worse for the opponent, you won't see the winning line.
>

Good point, I guess.  In this case the line is pretty forceful, so maybe there
aren't many alternatives for Black, but in real play I'm sure what you say is an
 important factor.

Cheers,

Mike.




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