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Subject: Re: Gambit Tiger 2.0: 6 seconds on K6-2 450

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 12:00:42 04/24/01

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On April 24, 2001 at 14:26:45, Christophe Theron wrote:

>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:
>>>>
>>>>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

Announcing mate was a usual finish in the 19th century in games between humans .

The proper way to do it would be to say : "Mate in 7 !!" . The opponent looks
surprised and slightly annoyed . As he can't understand your sophisticated plans
he answers : " So prove it - if you can !"

So white plays Nxc6+ and smiles :-) .

Finally you will have to fix Tiger ..

pete



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