Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:52:56 05/17/98
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On May 17, 1998 at 13:34:42, Moritz Berger wrote: >Program / Ne5 / b6 / g4 >----------------------------------- >1. MCP 7.1 / - / 12:27 / 03:29 >2. Fritz 5 / - / 05:39 / 24:54 >3. Hiarcs 6 / - / 10:57 / 15:44 >4. Shredder 2 / 21:47 / 01:09:48 / 01:53:44 >5. Rebel 9 / 35:54 / 51:44 / not tested >6. CSTal Paris / - / 01:20:46 / 02:08:42 [snip] >CSTal Paris version (zip archive dated April 1998): > >Of special interest when judging the performance of Chess System Tal >might be the fact that quiescence search (e.g. Fritz peaked out at about >36 ply in the q-search at 12 ply main search depth) and king safety play >important roles here... So I don't quite agree with the following >statement (left anonymous to protect the guilty): <g> >> However, Hsu's GMs wouldn't have needed CSTal to tell him >> that what was lacking in the DB program, as in any >> materialistic-Hyatt style program, was dynamic stuff to >> deal with that which the quiescent-seeking-Hyattian-nonsense >> tried to ignore. Namely positions leading to mating attacks. Duh. > >BTW: Crafty plays b6 after a couple of seconds, just check Bob's post on >this ... :-) Actually, 6 seconds, but what is really cool is that according to Bob's log, it never even liked Bxa8. It was already selecting Ne5 on ply 1.
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