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

Author: blass uri

Date: 00:33:48 03/08/99

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On March 07, 1999 at 19:04:51, James T. Walker wrote:

>On March 07, 1999 at 18:26:33, James T. Walker 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
>>Hello Uri,
>>Yes and Nimzo 99a does the same thing.  I have mentioned this and several other
>>problems to Chessbase but to no avail.  I'm not sure they pass these problems
>>along to the programmers since I beleive that the programmers would want to fix
>>these problems if they are aware of them.
>>Jim Walker
>
>By the way Uri,  why do you only mention Fritz when Junior also has this
>problem?
>Jim

I think that Fritz has this problem more often but you are right that sometimes
Junior5 has this problem

5n2/B3KN2/2p3p1/8/4k2P/3bN1P1/2P1n1P1/1q6 w - - 0 1

Junior5 does a small mistake and say Nd6+ woth mate in 15 instead of mate in 17
when Fritz5(16 bit) does a big mistake and say mate in 9.

I gave the programs all the mate in 30 from Ed site from the following position:
5n2/B3K3/2p2Np1/4k3/7P/3bN1P1/2Prn1P1/1q6 w - - 0 1

white gives mate in 30 by 1.Neg4+ Kf5 2.Nh6+ Ke5 3.Nf7+ Kf5 4.Nd6+ Ke5
5.Ng4+ Kd5 6.Ne3+ Ke5 7.Nf7+ Ke4 8.Ng5+ Ke5 9.Nf3+ Ke4 10.Nxd2+ Ke5 11.Nf3+ Ke4
12.Ng5+ Ke5 13.Nf7+ Ke4 14.Nd6+ Ke5 15.Ng4+ Kd5 16.Nf6+ Ke5 17.Nf7+ Kf5 18.Nh6+
Ke5 19.Nhg4+ Kf5 20.Ne3+ Ke5 21.Nfg4+ Ke4 22.Nf2+ Ke5 23.Nxd3+ Ke4 24.Nf2+ Ke5
25.Nfg4+ Ke4 26.Nf6+ Ke5 27.Nc4+ Kf5 28. Nd6+ Ke5 29.Ng4+ Kd5 c4#

when I give Junior only the position after 13...Ke4 with no line it find the
right number of moves for mate.

Fritz5(16 bit) continues not to find the right number of moves to mate and see
mate in 8 at depth 14/31

Uri



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