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Subject: Re: Mate in #6, no in #7, #7 again, still #7, down to #6, back to #7 ????

Author: John Wentworth

Date: 13:48:59 01/20/01

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On January 20, 2001 at 16:45:26, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On January 20, 2001 at 08:40:31, John Wentworth wrote:
>
>>Has anyone else seen programs annouce a Mate in X number of moves only to have
>>it repeat it the several times, or be just wrong all together. I have Hiarcs
>>7.32 and it does this frequently, it's like it can't count or it's not seeing
>>everything it should. If I remember correctly, other programs I used to play did
>>not have this problem.
>
>who cares whether it's a mate in 6 or 7.

If nobody cares, why display it? If we are going to display it how about doing
it right, instead of just releasing software with a bug in it.

• Re: Mate in #6, no in #7, #7 again, still #7, down to #6, back to #7 ???? Vincent Diepeveen 14:02:06 01/20/01
  • Re: Mate in #6, no in #7, #7 again, still #7, down to #6, back to #7 ???? John Wentworth 20:13:22 01/20/01

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