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Subject: Re: About ChestUCI v2.7 (Huber)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:50:53 11/10/03

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On November 10, 2003 at 03:11:53, Jouni Uski wrote:

>I am surprised, that node speed is only about 25% of playing engines node speed!
>How is this possible, when Chest needs only to check mate and not do any
>position evaluation?
>
>Jouni

Chest need to do position evaluation.

It's evaluation is not about material score for position but about possibility
of mate.

For example if white does not control squares near the black king then it is
clear without searching that white cannot mate in one move because one move is
not going to get control of enough squares near the king.

I believe that it may even evaluate no possibility of mate in 2 without
searching in some cases.

Uri



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