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Subject: Re: All Fritz's versions are wrong in the number of moves to mate

Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Date: 19:14:54 03/07/99

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On March 07, 1999 at 16:27:37, blass uri wrote:

>I found that all Fritz's versions are often wrong in the number of moves when
>they see mate.
>
>I think that not telling the number of moves for mate is better than displaying
>wrong information.
>
>Fritz does not know to count distance to mate and if chessbase cannot fix it or
>prefer not to fix it then they should give evaluation of # without a number
>after the #
>
>Uri

When you say "wrong", do you mean that, when they say "Mate in 4",
a) sometimes mate requires more than 4 moves
b) sometimes mate can be delivered in less than 4 moves
c) both (a) and (b)

If (a), I think this is a problem, if (b), not so much of one.
Also, do you have examples (preferably in EPD).

Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)



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