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Subject: Re: is there a shorter mate?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 20:58:40 12/28/03

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On December 28, 2003 at 17:46:46, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On December 28, 2003 at 15:22:30, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>Shortest mate verified at 20 with Chessmaster 9000 and 5-man tablebases....
>
>I don't understand what tablebases have to do and how do they affect the
>mate find and generally the search of Chessmaster, because Chessmaster don't
>use them in it's search.
>
>>
>>jm

I used the tablebases in combination with the analysis window to eliminate all
other possibilities as leading to a shorter mate.

jm



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