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Subject: Re: How many of the 300 WAC positions are mates in n?

Author: Jari Huikari

Date: 06:23:48 09/09/00

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On September 08, 2000 at 11:51:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On September 08, 2000 at 11:26:02, Jari Huikari wrote:
>
>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:09:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>Why not move your ass and start testing position by position from
>>>the WAC.
>>
>>I have run some tests with my slow machine and slow program. Would be nice
>>to compare the results with those of some good program with faster hardware.

>So instead of a run of 2 million lightyears on your computer you
>think if we do it in a lightyear less that we qualify more to solve
>the openingsposition?

I am not going to solve the openingsposition. (I shouldn't have mentioned
it at all.) It's enough for me to know how many of those 300 positions
are meant to be mate in n. Nero finds 50 in quite reasonable time. (Not
the mate in 18)

					Jari



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