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Subject: Re: Pawn Distance To Mate(DTM) Nalimov to get Best Move

Author: Eiko Bleicher

Date: 04:49:52 10/20/04

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Hello Henry,

where do you get these information from? When I look up this position, the
result is Ke2-d3 (Win in 21), draw for all other moves.

Eiko

On October 20, 2004 at 03:55:15, Henry Hongdoyo wrote:

>I have some problem :
>i get strange return value DTM for position like KPK, KPKP, etc.
>KPK give me wrong Distance To Mate Value.
>Example :
>for position KPK (FEN:8/8/8/3k4/8/8/3PK3/8 w - - 0 1), return value is 8.
>and best move is Ke2-e3(value expand: -8). That should be Ke2-d3(the right
>move, value expand: -9).
>Expand		Value
>Ke2-d3		-9 *(the right best move)
>Ke2-e3		-8 *(wrong move)
>Ke2-f3		-9
>Ke2-e3		-9
>Ke2-d1		-10
>Ke2-d2		-10
>Ke2-d3		-10
>Pd2-d3		-10
>Pd2-d4		0
>(maybe this is because they don't count conversion Pawn to Queen or other,
>BUT what use of the return Value in that situation ?).
>How i get the best move for that situation?
>
>regard,
>Henry



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