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Subject: Thanks ! (n/t)

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 07:55:29 12/02/02

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On December 02, 2002 at 10:16:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 02, 2002 at 09:43:10, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>What is the score of mate in Tablebases ?
>>Does my engine need that value to announce "mate in x" ?
>>
>>/Matthias.
>
>
>Yes.  You should look at the crafty source, "probe.c" to see how I
>probe and use the resulting scores...  Crafty's mate scores start
>at 32768 and come down based on the ply.  IE MATE=32768-ply where ply
>is the point where I notice the side on move is in check and has no
>legal moves out of check.
>
>In probe.c, the mate scores from the EGTB call are converted to match
>that idea...



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