Author: blass uri
Date: 23:15:56 03/07/99
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On March 07, 1999 at 22:14:54, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: >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). I mean a (of course b happens but is not a problem) I have examples from the ssdf games about the latest version Fritz5.32 4k3/R4p1p/4p1pP/4P1P1/p4P2/8/3K4/8 w - - 0 1 Fritz5.32 played Kc3 with Mate in 9 and I think that there is no mate in 9 Fritz did not see mate in 9 and won after 51.Kc3 a3 52.Kc4 Kd8 53.Rxa3 Kc7 54.Kb5 Kd8 55.Ra8+ Kd7 56.Rh8 Ke7 57.Kc6 f6 58.exf6+ In this position: 6k1/1p3pp1/p6p/P7/5q1P/1P1PpBr1/2P5/R2Q1K2 b - - 0 1 Fritz played Rh3 with mate in 6 and after c3 played Rh1+ against with mate in 6. Uri > >Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
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