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Subject: Re: Can someone please describe in short DTM, DTC, DTZ and DTR?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:06:42 01/08/03

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On January 08, 2003 at 16:10:44, Richard Pijl wrote:

>On January 08, 2003 at 15:00:12, Eiko Bleicher wrote:
>
>>While I know that DTM is the distance to mate, meaning the longest playline of
>>optimal play, what are the others exactly describing?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Eiko
>
>
>DTC: Distance to conversion -> distance to pawn push or capture
>
>Richard.

Pawn pushes are not stored in DTC. DTC only stores distances to pawn PROMOTIONS,
captures or checkmate.

Additionally, DTZ means distance to zeroing the 50-move counter.

I have never heard of DTR.

jm



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