Author: Paul Byrne
Date: 19:55:53 09/21/03
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On September 21, 2003 at 12:29:21, Tim Foden wrote: >On September 21, 2003 at 01:00:37, Paul Byrne wrote: > >>mv=e4 e=9969 d=25 n=-1677339015 t=26967.618 > >Does 9969 translate as a 'mate' in 16 [as (10000 - 9969 + 1) / 2 == 16]? Yes it does, but should not be taken too seriously. :) The heuristic that stops the search when an approriate passed pawn is found computes the number of moves to win based on how many moves are needed to promote that pawn... in some situations, there will be a quicker win that is never considered.
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