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Subject: Re: Zugzwang6

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 16:57:08 09/02/02

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On September 02, 2002 at 18:39:15, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On September 02, 2002 at 13:40:38, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On September 02, 2002 at 08:32:09, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>
>>>Zugzwangtest 6
>>>
>>>[D]3K4/4p3/4k3/3pBp2/3P1P2/8/7p/6bR w - - 0 0
>>>
>>>schwarz wird Matt !
>>
>>
>>
>>Chess Tiger 15.0 on P4 1.6GHz 96Mb hash tables:
>>
>>
>>00:00:00.3	 Mate in 4	12	141979	Ke8 Bxd4 Bxd4 Kd6 Rc1 h1Q Be5+ Ke6 Rc6#
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
> Christophe
>
>When will Chess Tiger follow the standard convention which is say to "Mate in 5"
>as your line indicates.  I anticpate the answer as "never" but it would help
>alleviate some confusion.
>
>Mike



Actually the Tiger 15 engine now follows the standard convention and says Mate
in 5 here, but the GUI says mate in 4.

I have talked with Lex about this, and I think it will be fixed in the release
version of Chess Tiger 15.0.



    Christophe



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