Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:39:27 12/23/00
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On December 23, 2000 at 16:16:57, James Robertson wrote: >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 That's interesting James but how can it be your turn if you just checkmated the opponent? Seems to me it's his/her turn to move even if they can't legally. Jim ;>)
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