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Subject: Re: Pathway count to eight ply

Author: Danniel Corbit

Date: 19:06:20 08/07/98

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On August 07, 1998 at 21:37:43, Steven J. Edwards wrote:

>On August 07, 1998 at 17:07:39, Danniel Corbit wrote:
>
>>I know mate is possible in 4 ply.  It would be interesting [to me] for you to
>>store all of your mate pathways.
>
>This is easily done, but it would have the effect of adding an additional ply of
>depth to the entire process.  So there would be a big slowdown.
Perhaps a second experiment then.  But consider the incredible value.  You can
have a complete list of possible checkmates for every ply.  I would _love_ to
have this as a database.

If I had this to a depth of 60 [stop laughing] I would never be beaten.



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