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Subject: Re: Finding a mate very quickly - copy of fragment from r.g.c.c

Author: Carsten Kossendey

Date: 10:28:21 04/18/98

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On April 18, 1998 at 08:59:59, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>On April 15, 1998 at 15:40:59, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>>Posted by Danniel Corbit on April 15, 1998 at 15:19:00:
>>>
>>>Tascbase2.0 apparently finds a mate in 20 seconds [mate in 13].  Crafty
>>>finds a mate in 11 in 21 minutes (60 times longer, but mate more
>>>quickly).  Comments on what sort of techniques are used to find the mate
>>>so quickly using Tascbase?
>>
>>>The original thread in r.g.c.c is titled "Many programs take forever to
>>>find this mate, others no"
>>
>>2r5/p3kpp1/4b1r1/1B2Q2p/1P6/q1N2P2/P5nP/3R1R1K w - - id Gurevich, D. -
>>Young, R.; bm e5d6;
>>
>>Rebel 9.0 needs 10 seconds.
>>Machine PII-266
>>Announcement is mate in 12.
>>
>>- Ed -
>
>Looks like a typical position that tests the quality of single-reply
>extensions in chess programs.
>
>"DarkThought" announces mate-in-11 after 2 seconds on our 600MHz Alpha.
>
>=Ernst=

When will the DarkThought home page be updated to reflect recent test
results on current hardware?



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