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Subject: Re: shortest mate test position (+ FEN 50 move question)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 00:11:38 07/22/02

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On July 22, 2002 at 02:39:00, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>On July 20, 2002 at 17:53:26, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>On July 20, 2002 at 14:53:34, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>>>(...)
>>
>>For example, the F7 GUI supports the en passant square information in the FEN:
>>
>>Fritz 7 - Scheidl,M
>>5K2/8/2qk4/2nPp3/3r4/6B1/B7/3R4 w - e6 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Fritz 7:
>>
>>1.dxe6#
>>  +-  (#1)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
>>  +-  (#1)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
>>
>>Btw. did you ever wonder what the "0" means before the move number at the end of
>>the FEN string? This is the 50 move counter which probably (?) is not supported
>>by any chess program, yet. This means, the export/import of a FEN will not be
>>100% correct, i.e. if you take a position from the end of a long drawn game...
>>
>>Is there a program which correctly handles the FEN 50 move counter?
>>
>>Regards,
>>M.Scheidl
>
>So if the 50th move is checkmate, is it a win or a draw?

win

Uri
>
>kp



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