Author: Olaf Jenkner
Date: 15:35:44 11/28/01
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>> >>This is not doable because he has to search until mate. >>If after 1.Kb7 the mate comes after 15 moves, he has to search the >>bad move 1....d8N until the depth of 14. > >No >It can use selective search to find mate without proving the shortest mate for >the opponent. > >It is important for it to prove the shortest mate for black because black tries >to force mate. >It is not important for it to prove the shortest mate for white and finding a >mate for white is enough to prove that Kb7 is wrong. > >It is easy to suspect that white has a forced mate by 0-0-0 because short >analysis with only material evaluation can show big advantage for white by this >move. > >Uri I agree. Because I'm a weak player I didn't understand the position. Now I see that black wins and so it is of cause a matter of move ordering to avoid the bad defence d8N. OJe
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