Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 05:33:46 01/15/01
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On January 14, 2001 at 20:37:39, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On January 14, 2001 at 17:36:21, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>There is no problem. I suspect more than a few programs find Rxc6 in reasonable >>times. The first program I tried actually found it quickly, the second too, >>Crafty and Yace. Some others will find it later some sooner. Nothing tricky >>about this position at all. >> >>Regards Dan Andersson > > >Actually I believe that the position IS tough for some programs -- just look at >the commercials listed that did not find the winning move. Of the programs that >I tested the quickest was Patzer 3.11b which found 1.Rxc6 in a second! Also >quick were Deep Fritz (about 20 sec), Gandalf 4.32g (20 sec), Ikarus (around 25 >sec), Fritz 5.32 (about 25 sec too), etc. Some other programs could not find >the sequence at all. The issue here is mobility, I suspect. I had thought that >Phalanx would be fast, but after a minute passed and it had no clue, I gave it >up. > >*** Djordje I don't understand why this can be hard. My program Chezzz is definitely weaker than DF, Gandalf, Fritz 5.32, and probably some or all of the others you mention, but still, Rxc6 is the _only_ move it ever considers, even at depth=1. It never considers any other move at all. This takes 0.02 seconds on my Cel 464.
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