Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:26:45 04/24/01
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On April 24, 2001 at 01:09:25, Jouni Uski wrote:
>On April 23, 2001 at 18:03:21, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 23, 2001 at 16:31:49, leonid wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>If you would like to solve one mate then try this position:
>>>
>>>[D]1n1q1b1n/Nb2k2r/2r1n1pB/QRpPP1PB/1pP1NR2/7p/7K/3R4 w - -
>>>
>>>Please indicate your result.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Leonid
>>
>>
>>
>>On K6-2 450, 6Mb HT
>>
>>
>>00:00:06.2 Mate in 6 7 1088899 Nxc6+ Bxc6 d6+ Kd7 Qxd8+ Nxd8 Bg4+ Ne6 Nxc5+ Kc8
>>Rxf8+ Be8 Rxe8#
>>
>>It's mate in 6 AFTER Nxc6+.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>What's the reason to announce AFTER??????? Don't understand.
>
>Jouni
There is a logical reason, but people do not always agree with it.
The reason is that once the program has finished computing, what you see on the
screen is "mate in 6", and if you check with the board position, it is indeed a
mate in 6 from this position.
I did not like the idea of announcing a mate in 7 when actually the position on
the screen is a mate in 6.
What do you announce to your opponent when you discover a "mate in 2"? You play
the first move and you tell your opponent that he is mate next move (mate in 1),
not in 2 moves.
Actually I have been told that announcing to your opponent that he is soon going
to be mated is impolite, so I should not display anything in this case! :)
Christophe
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