Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 14:32:01 08/28/03
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On August 28, 2003 at 17:16:28, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >The Winboard protocol does not define, how to express mate scores. So, there is >not much the engine can do, here. Many engines use 2^^15 - plies_to_mate or >30000 - plies_to_mate as centipawns. Earlier, Yace used the latter method, but >(for example) the Chesspartner GUI did not understand it. So I switched to the >2^^15. WinBoard protocol indeed doesn't define mate scores, but the PGN standard does, so that format is what is most commonly assumed (2^15-ply). -- GCP
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