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Subject: Re: Crafty request (Bob ?)

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:42:26 09/28/99

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On September 28, 1999 at 22:10:16, James T. Walker wrote:

>On September 28, 1999 at 15:01:58, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On September 28, 1999 at 14:50:30, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>It would sure be nice if Crafty would announce "Mt in 21" instead of the +327.23
>>>or whatever the score happens to be in the Winboard GUI. :-)
>>If he fixes it, I hope he makes it optional.  I like the numeric score better.
>
>Well, to each his own.  Frankly I can't understand why anyone would prefer a
>cryptic score like +327.23 over an understandable "Mate in 21".  That's what
>makes the world go round. :-)
Actually, the score would be +32723 meaning mate in (32767-32723)=44 plies (22
full moves).  See?  More accurate.  In the other nomenclature, you could be a
whole ply off!
;-)

Besides, that's what the standard says.



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