Author: James Robertson
Date: 01:59:26 08/20/99
When my program spots a mate, if the position is, say, mate in 5, it may give a score "mate in 10", and then the next move "mate in 6", and then "mate in 3", and so on. Sometimes the "mate in x" will increase to "mate in x+y". When a mate is spotted, my program never fails to mate, and it seems to do it in the minimum moves possible. I am still worried; I don't think I have noticed any other programs doing this. I adjust my mate scores to reflect the node (if (score > MATE/2) score -= ply), but I may be goofing this up. Is this tied in with my problem in the post below this one? If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. James
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