Author: Matt
Date: 01:05:20 03/08/99
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On March 07, 1999 at 23:18:42, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >I think, however, that this isn't what Uri was talking about. I believe he was >referring to the cases where a program says "Mate in 8" (for example), then >after the opponent's move it announces "Mate in 10", and the mate scores jump >around for a few moves until finally it gets the correct number. I've seen it >happen with most programs, and it bugs me too. :) > >Jeremiah If all the programs do this, I would assume it is something they all have in common. Would it be possible that alpha beta search finds mate in 8, because it has not searched all the possible moves, then it later finds that one side can delay mate for a few moves?
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