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Subject: Re: When is a mate not a mate ? ..kqpkq

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 10:32:08 03/20/05

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On March 20, 2005 at 07:23:00, Rafael Andrist wrote:

>On March 20, 2005 at 07:05:00, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>I assume you are right that the tablebases
>>will lead you to a draw when a longer mate may lead to a win without violating
>>the 50 move rule
>
>Ok, then you understand my point. Giving a PV which optimizes DTM is no proof.
>
>> but how do you find that mate?
>
>In this case, there is no such mate. I just say that Mike Byrne did not proof


I was not providing proof, I left that for you to figure out and I'm happy to
see you have ;>)

Best,

Michael



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