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Subject: Re: Programs that keep searching for mate... A challenge:

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:12:19 12/25/98

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On December 25, 1998 at 15:43:36, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On December 25, 1998 at 06:30:11, Thom Perry wrote:
[snip]
>>What do the large ce values in your post mean?  In my chess program
>>(MCP8), the maximum ce value for  a  position would be the integer
>>9999 which corresponds to +99.99 which is mate.  A value of 9996 would be
>>+99.96 which is mate-in-4 for the side to move.  A value of -0143 would
>>mean -1.43 which would be a small advantage for the other side.
>You are using Rebel.  It has a non-standard way of describing a checkmate.  I
>sent a bug report to report the defect
Oops.  I should have read more carefully.  You should also send a defect report
to MCP as they have the same bug as Rebel does.  If your program does not follow
the standard, then the output is just plain wrong.




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