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Subject: Re: A test position(finding mate in 32 if you believe Deep Fritz)

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 07:22:52 06/13/01

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On June 12, 2001 at 17:03:03, John Wentworth wrote:

>Not that I don't believe you but did you actually see all 32 moves? The reason I
>ask is because I find that you can't believe what chess programs say when they
>announce mate in X number of moves. Numerous times I have seen programs announce
>mates like mate in 6 several moves in a row.

I think this is another problem. The 2nd time the program announces the mate, it
has not looked deep enough to see the shorter mate, I mean, the shorter mate was
pruned away.

Rafael B. Andrist



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