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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