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Subject: Re: Also Fritz 8.0.0.23 and Crafty 19.03 miss a mate in one!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 17:30:47 07/25/03

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On July 25, 2003 at 20:13:12, Mike Byrne wrote:

>Since you can only claim draw on your move, make the 100 ply counter a 101 ply
>counter and this problem goes away (I think)...will test it in Crafty 19-04 SE

But it introduces the other problem, that the engine won't see a draw until ply
101.

Perhaps that is less of a bug, afterall you aren't required to claim a 50 move
draw.

The only downside is that 50 move draws are far more frequent than mates on the
50th move.

-S.



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