Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 13:30:32 08/04/99
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On August 04, 1999 at 16:24:58, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >I think I figured out what the problem is. > >Consider W: Kf2, Re2, Pa2; B: Kh2. > >Distance to mate will return: >1 Re3 Kh1 2 Rh3# > >Distance to mate or winning pawn move or winning capture will return: >1 a4 Kh3 2 a5 Kg4, etc. > >The pawn move is a 1 mover that leads to a winning position, while the rook move >is a 2 mover to lead to mate. To avoid this idiotic behavior, distance to mate >must be used at the expense of extremely rare positions that will DRAW instead of win >due to the 50 move rule. The rest of the program must deal with 3-fold >repetition (easy) and the 50 move rule as best as it can.
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