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Subject: Re: First mate in 2, then mate in 3, am I missunderstangin A-B?

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 08:31:29 03/03/03

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On March 03, 2003 at 11:26:36, Albert Bertilsson wrote:

>Hmm... that might be it, since the opponent move sacrificed the own Queen and
>only delayed the mate with one full move.
>
>But I still have a tough time to understand this...

Me too.

>I see the A-B as searching for the best moves you can find, the next ply it
>searches for the best move the opponent can do (and loosing a Queen is better
>than an early mate) so why didn't my program also realize that the opponent
>would rather sacrifice the queen than face defeat?

AB searches for the best move but is happy with ANY refutation.

Uli
>
>/Regards Albert



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