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Subject: Re: Mate in 14 and the aesthetics of EGTBs

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:24:52 08/12/02

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On August 12, 2002 at 04:29:07, Coxwell Strange wrote:

>CM55 sees mate in 14 in 1:14 at ply 12
>                  12 in 2:06 at ply 13
>                  11 in 11:01 at ply 15
>CM6k sees mate in 13 in 1:56 at 7/12
>                  12 in 2:50 at 8/13
>                  11 in 14:34 at 10/15
>CM8k sees mate in 14 at 31:50 at 6/13 on my puter.
>     Did not let 8k run longer, all were at default engine settings except for
>max hash and selectivity.
>     What does the depth display mean with say.. 8/13 and 6/13, the only
>differences were in sel 10 and sel 12 settings ?   thx

The first number is the brute force depth. The second number is the "nominal" or
"extension" depth. Note that the second number is a MINIMUM depth, rather than
an average or a maximum.

jm



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