Author: J. Wesley Cleveland
Date: 13:55:56 09/15/01
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On September 14, 2001 at 17:21:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 14, 2001 at 16:25:00, Rafael Andrist wrote: [snip] >>I think those moves should be considered as "good moves", but only one move is >>the "best move" (except if there are different pathes with the same mate >>distance). > >I disagree completely. > >If the game theoretic value of both moves are identical, then the value of both >moves is identical. > >A move that wins in 2 is not better than a move that wins in 45. Both moves >win. > >The 2 move win might be prettier, but it isn't any better. If a computer does not evaluate a mate in 2 as better than a mate in 3, its searches can become *very* long. This has happened.
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