Author: Pham Minh Tri
Date: 06:16:11 06/03/02
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>>I guess that the longest mates of 5 men must under 400 (note that there are only >>3 men to capture, 50_move_rule = 100 ply, (3+1)*100 = 400 ply). > > > >This is wrong because a pawn push "resets" the 50 moves counter. > >The rule is about 50 moves without a capture and without pushing a pawn. You are right, I forgot the pawns. However, I guess that the limit is still under 400 plies. A question to you: Can Tiger reaches that limit without any problem? Thanks. > > > > Christophe > > > > >> Therefore a >>program with ply's limit around 400-450 should work well. I think some of >>mentioned programs will work, and the answer should be "yes".
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