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Subject: Re: Fritz8 and Shredder 8 bug?

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 05:50:47 04/30/04

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On April 30, 2004 at 04:15:46, fabio calamassi wrote:

>In this position: White = Ké5, Qh2, Rh3; Black = Kg5, Bh5, ph6; Fritz 8 and
>Shredder 8 can find the mate in four or five moves!! Other engines like Ruffian
>2.1.0, Junior 8, Rebel 12, Nimzo 8, Hiarcs 9 can see it in two moves!! Is it a
>bug?

     Fritz8 and Shredder8 maybe stop searching further if
     they recognize a mate. If I (by way of exception!) see
     a mate in my games, I would never in my live look for
     an even shorter mate: it's a waste of time.
     Kurt



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