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Subject: Re: Mate in 0 from Chess Tiger13 ?

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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