Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:15:10 12/23/00
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On December 23, 2000 at 12:46:08, Jorge wrote: >I'm not an expert in chess, but I've never heard of Mate in 0. Shouldn't it be >1? I've already seen this in CT13 a few times. > >Happy Holidays, >Jorge Hello Jorge, It seems to be a decision of the programmer. Some programs call "mate in" before making the move. Some programs make their move and call "mate in" after the move. So some programs might say "mate in 3" when others would say "mate in 2" but it's the same position. I agree instead of Mate in 0 it should be simply mate or checkmate. Jim
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