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+50 evaluation?

A position can only be won or drawn. I guess this position is won for one side.
If a position is really won, but the engine can't find a mate, it just says + 50 or so.
Well, I've seen +99 evaluations. Once I was messing around and eval was 70 or 80 something.
Any evaluation that is between like 9 and 99 are positions that typically have a forced mate but its' beyond the horizon. If the engine were left to run longer or a super computer like sesse or alpha zero were used it may announce mate. It just can't see deep enough to mate in spite of forced mate being a certainty.

Here is me finishing Stock 8 off in 15 moves from that position, I assume there is probably a faster mate.

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