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Subject: Re: Tactical shot.

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:24:40 07/14/03

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On July 14, 2003 at 02:08:44, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On July 14, 2003 at 01:03:01, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>4:07	2/13	4.52	63218653	1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Rd8+ Rxd8 3.Rxd8+
>>					Kh7 4.Qf8 h5 5.g4 hxg4 6.fxg4 Ra8
>>					7.Rxa8 Bxg4 8.Qh8+ Kg6 9.Rg8+ Kf5
>>					10.Qh7+ Kf4 11.Qh4 Qf3 12.Qxf6+
>>					Bf5 13.Qd4+ Be4 14.Qd2+ Ke5 15.Qxa5+
>>					Bd5 16.Qe1+
>
>I know you've explained this before, but what does 2/13 mean here? Surely this
>is not 2 full width ply after 4 minutes? And the PV is much longer than 13 ply.

Uri's answer posted below is correct. It means a brute force search of 2 and a
minimum extension depth of 13. This is why the PV above is 31 plies.

jm



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