Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:19:07 09/29/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 22:42:26, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. Well I just made up the score and mate numbers. If they were close to something real it was just an accident. Also my Winboard shows 327.23 with a definite decimal point(.). Jim Walker
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