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Subject: Re: Response to Mr. Walker.

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 17:45:01 02/02/01

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On February 02, 2001 at 13:46:34, Paul wrote:

>different programs find different mates with egtb's or without, that's because
>the trees they're searching have a different shape. Some extend some lines
>deeper, others other lines. The only time they should definitely agree about the
>mate is when they see an egtb mate at the root position!

I totally agree here.

>Otherwise it's mostly an upper limit.

I don't know, what you exactly mean by mostly, but I believe, this is not
totally correct. I think, especially with EGTB mates, it is quite possible
that it is not an upper limit, and that with higher depth the opponent may
by able to find a refutation, that delays the mate. But after thinking about
this for some time, my head is spinning ...
So, obviously, I can be wrong.

Regards,
Dieter



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