Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:04:37 06/10/04
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On June 10, 2004 at 14:36:04, F. Huber wrote: >On June 10, 2004 at 12:52:23, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On June 10, 2004 at 09:22:10, Daniel Jackson wrote: >> >>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?369410 >>>CM9K needs far too much time, and it is a mate in 15 rather than 17. My mistake. >>> >>>S8 mate in 18, 13 min >>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?369444 >>> >>>Shredder gets it wrong. >> >>As long as it finds a mate, the solution is identical, from a game theoretical >>standpoint. >> >>It is a very frequent occurence for a chess playing engine to find a different >>and longer mate than a chess mate finder. >> >>The solution is not wrong. In fact, it is optimal. It just is not the shortest >>path to the goal. > >Sorry Dann, but here I can´t agree! > >Ok, a ´longer´ mate is of course _not_ wrong (as long as it is forced), >but by no means I would say that such a mate is ´optimal´! >I think, that really _every_ chessplayer here would only call the >´shortest´ solution an ´optimal mate´. The outcome of the game does not change. Therefore, the choice is optimal. A win is a win. The shorter win may be prettier. But it is not better.
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