Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:52:34 10/16/03
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On October 16, 2003 at 16:27:02, Charles Roberson wrote: > >>For example, I tested the following position on Zillions and on Vortex that >>has just 3 pieces. >> >>White Archbishop on a1 >>White King on a8 >>Black King on j1 >>White to move. >> >>After 3 full days (72 hours) Zillions still shows a very high score. >> >>After 1:17 minutes, the Vortex program announces a mate in 23 (which is 46 >>plies) on my 2.8 GHz Pentium 4, and it eventually SOLVES the entire ending in >>6:56 improving it to a mate in 17. >> > > If I read this correctly the endgame is KBk. KBk is a draw due to >insufficient material. > > Noonian is array based and some of my recent versions average 490knps. > > Charles You read it not correctly. The game is not chess. The difference between it and chess is that there are new pieces and the board is 10*8 and not 8*8. The relevant piece is a piece that can move like a bishop or like a knight and is called archibishop. Uri
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