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Subject: Re: mistakes in the ssdf list

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 00:07:59 10/22/98

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On October 21, 1998 at 03:14:30, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On October 21, 1998 at 02:27:59, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>[snip]
>>If the final position is not checkmate, and Shredder claimed a win and refused
>>to move, it should have lost the game by time forfeiture.
>>
>>Of course, this presupposes that the operator did not preconfigure Shredder to
>>terminate winning games early when its default is to play until checkmate.
>I would qualify that a bit.  If it showed a forced mate in its PV, then game
>over, win for the program that demonstrates mate.

There is no provision in the rules of chess to claim a win based upon convincing
only oneself that a forced mate exists in the position. :-)

If it's really forced, play it out, the two machines won't take very long.

Dave Gomboc



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