Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 15:10:23 01/24/02
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On January 24, 2002 at 15:30:30, Roy Eassa wrote: >On January 24, 2002 at 15:28:24, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On January 24, 2002 at 03:09:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>At first glance I thought: A too easy task for the programs of the new >>>generation. And in principle I was right. Somewhat disappointing however that >>>GambitTiger2 needs two minutes. Most programs solve the problem within seconds. >>>Kurt >> >> >>I don't think it's too easy ... some of the top engines, including Tiger and >>Fritz 7, need over 2 minutes to see that this line is winning. The fastest >>programs (for this puzzle) still take well over 10 seconds. To me, that makes >>this an excellent puzzle position. > > >Oops, just saw Chesster's time (2 seconds!). Well, kudos to chesster, but still >most other engines do have to think awhile on this position. Goliath Light 1.5 takes 10 secondes to find Bxc6+ on my Athlon XP 1600+. Pierre
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