Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 01:26:50 10/06/00
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On October 05, 2000 at 22:48:40, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Here comes a position from a game Hossa - Arasan:
>
>[D]r3r1k1/3q2p1/2p1ppQP/2P3p1/1p1P4/pPb1RN2/P4P2/1K5R w
>
>There are two moves which are winning fast: Ne5 and Nxg5 (e.g. 1.Nxg5 fxg5 2.
>Reh3 +-). Hossa missed those moves and lost the game. First I thought that this
>should be very easy to find for a comp but after having talked to some
>programmers I saw that other programs also need more time than I expected (at
>least too long for a blitz game). How long does your favourite program take to
>see either Ne5 or Nxg5 with a +- score (something like +0.5 doesnt count)?
>
>Greetings,
>Steffen.
On my K6-2 450MHz, 6Mb HT, Gambit Tiger would play Re5 in 7.41s (score +2.22),
then switches to Nxg5 in 11.14s (score +3.12), then finally switches to Ne5 in
16.80s (score +4.28).
So it would play it in blitz on a machine faster than mine.
Christophe
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