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Subject: Re: What is the most difficult MATE to find for a computer program ???

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 10:32:33 12/27/00

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On December 27, 2000 at 13:07:05, David Rasmussen wrote:

>But still. My program which is fairly strong, searches 13-15 plies (I don't
>remember) in 5 or 10 seconds on my computer, which is far from enough to see
>that line. How can one see that line with a normal chess program in one second?

Extend heavily on checking moves and moves where there are few replies
to check. Extend if one side has mating threats.

Note that this won't necessarily make your program stronger.

--
GCP



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