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Subject: Re: First mate in 2, then mate in 3

Author: Albert Bertilsson

Date: 07:09:46 03/03/03

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On March 03, 2003 at 09:43:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On March 03, 2003 at 09:13:36, Albert Bertilsson wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>During a recent game my engine reported that a mate in 2 was found, then after
>>the next opponent move it reported that a mate in 3 was found. Does this
>>indicate a bug in the engine?
>>
>>If it matters the opponent didn't followed the PV that engine displayed mate in
>>2. But after the mate in 3 was claimed the opponent followed the PV until its
>>defeat.
>>
>>/Regards Albert
>
>
>It could be
>
>(a) a bug in hashing, where you don't adjust the mate score before storing it,
>or you
>don't adjust it when you hit it in the table.
>
>(b) your extensions make it easier to find the mate in 3 than the mate in 2 and
>you quit
>too soon.
I interpret your answer as this should not happen if the engine has no bugs and
no extensions. Since Sharper doesn't have any extensions it would be (a) then...
alhtough I can't see how this could happen.

Hmm... hope I can find anything in those .cpp files... =)

/Regards Albert



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