Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:16:57 12/23/00
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On December 23, 2000 at 13:15:10, James T. Walker wrote: >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 Mine announces "Mate in 0" if it is it's turn and it has already checkmated the opponent. =) James
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