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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