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Subject: Re: Mate in 9

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:05:48 06/17/02

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On June 17, 2002 at 20:57:51, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On June 17, 2002 at 20:16:01, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>0:10	3/8	Mate09	1098190		20.Rd1 b6 21.Bd5+ Kb5 22.Bc4+ Ka5
>>					23.Qd5+ Bc5 24.Bxc5 Qg5+ 25.Kc2
>>					Qd2+ 26.Rxd2 bxc5 27.Qxc5+ Ka4
>>					28.Qb4#
>
>I'm confused. The depth is 3/8, but it takes 17 ply to find this mate. What am I
>missing?
>
>Russell

Chessmaster has always done it this way. The X/Y values are defined as follows:

X = brute force search depth
Y = MINIMUM extension depth

jm

• Still confused :) Russell Reagan 18:15:18 06/17/02
  • Re: Still confused :) John Merlino 10:47:25 06/18/02
  • Re: Still confused :) John Merlino 18:23:10 06/17/02

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