Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:28:04 01/24/02
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On January 24, 2002 at 18:10:23, Pierre Bourget wrote: >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 I think a problem that takes some leading programs (e.g., Fritz, Tiger) several minutes and some programs 10 seconds (on a very fast PC) and one or two programs under 3 seconds is an IDEAL problem. It really differentiates one program from another, much more so than most puzzles.
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