Author: leonid
Date: 19:17:56 04/11/01
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On April 11, 2001 at 21:35:50, Paul wrote: >On April 11, 2001 at 21:10:45, leonid wrote: > >>Hi, Paul! >> >>Genius 2 and Genius 4, for sure, don't care about any fantasy positions, like >>this last one. Genius 2 was able to solve every position without any problem. >>Genius 2 never did a mistake in any heavy positions that I asked him to solve >>and I tried on it more that few handreds. Genius 4 was not that good. In few >>positions (in some 25) it was wrong. It could be that it was the first version >>for Windows. This is why few bugs jumped inside. It could be that in the next >>version (like your version 5) it is already as perfect as I remember for version >>2. Genius 4 is more speedy in solving the mates. >> >>I remember that Genius program was not that speedy but bug free. Rock solid in >>everywhere. >> >>I tried for last position only 4 and 5 moves deep with Genius 2. Pentium 600Mhz. >> >>4 moves - 11 sec. (mine 0.5 sec by brute force) >>5 moves - 12 min. 39. (... 3.9 sec ... ) >> >>I not went with Genius 2 beyond 5 moves because it looked like for this position >>it will be very long. >> >>This position is 8 moves deep, just like you said. >> >>And how is Genius 5? >> >>Did you ever used Genius for verification of mate positions, like I did when I >>wrote my mate solver? >> >>Salut, >>Leonid. > >Yes ... I used the older Geniiii :) a lot when I first bought them, but that's a >long time ago, and the only thing I remember now is that they were very good & >fast just like you say. But I haven't used them for the last couple of years. Probably we used Genius version in almost the same time. I think that I ended my mate solver in around 4 or 5 years ago, and this is at that time that I used Genius 2. Recently, I went back to my solver and speeded it a little bit. Still not ended making my changes for all 5 version of solver that I have. One month ago I had some trouble with my old AMD and was forced to buy my new Intel 600Mhz. Now, when I am ready to continue working with my mate solver, I expect also to use many positions for verification, just as before. It could be that some Genius version will help in seeing my speed. But Genius 2 look like very slow. And how are Genius 5? I speek only about mate. >And I don't like Genius 5 from what I've seen just now, specifically the >processor load is terrible. So that's going to be a deinstall for me! It could be that this version is written on C and it make it so slow. Genius 2 is for sure Assembler written but "free" one look not like the original that I remember. I still must have it somewhere. New one have more Windows look. By the way, I like very much Genius 2 graphics. Look very pretty. Thanks, Uri, for spotting "free link"! I liked it. See you later, Leonid. >Paul > >PS: Sorry for missing your post, but CCC is terribly slow from here today.
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