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Subject: Re: Engine at Sea

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 13:29:32 11/25/00

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On November 25, 2000 at 13:51:34, Jim Monaghan wrote:

>Hi,
>I gave the following 1937 Chekover study to Crafty 17.14 and Little Goliath
>2000v2.9a for 10 minutes each. White to play and win
>[D] 7n/7P/8/8/8/7Q/5ppR/K4bkn w - - 0 1
>
>Crafty comes close and I'm sure given more time it would have cracked this ...
>15->   2:38   1.28   1. Kb2 Ng6 2. Kc3 Nh8 3. Kd4 Ng6 4.
>                                    Kc5 Nh8 5. Kd6 Ng6 6. Kc7 Nh8 7. Kd8
>                                    Nf7+ 8. Ke7 Nh8
>               16     3:01     ++   1. Kb2!!
>
>The surprise here to me is LG's poor showing:
>15 124 48664 211726074 a1b2 h8f7 b2a1 f7h8 a1b2 h8f7 b2a1
>The engine is all at sea and does not have a clue. A good example of the
>advantage of new parag..whatever vs bean counting.
>
>Cheers,
>Jim

What does the ++ by Crafty indicate?  Is it just happy with Kb2 or has it found
mate?  Why does it only show 3:01?  You said you gave it 10 minutes.
Jim



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