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Subject: Re: test position. mate in 11

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:37:40 10/07/01

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On October 07, 2001 at 01:10:09, John Merlino wrote:

>This begs the question: How can DF get to depth 18/39 and Shredder get to depth
>15/27 and neither of them see a Mate in 11 (21 plies away)? Or am I missing
>something? Or is it truly not a Mate in 11?
>
>jm


Isn't the first number the full-width depth?  If so, until that number has
finished with 23, there's no guarantee of finding the mate.  (The second number
is higher, but represent only that SOME variations have been searched to that
depth, as I understand it.)



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