Author: Georg Langrath
Date: 11:53:30 05/21/98
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On May 21, 1998 at 13:39:39, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 21, 1998 at 13:03:00, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On May 21, 1998 at 07:01:18, Georg Langrath wrote: >> >>>6k1/8/p3r2p/1p1pPpp1/1n1pP3/1Pq4P/PR4PB/3QN1K1 b >>On a P200MMX: >> >>Fritz 5 finds dxe4 in 3 seconds (!!!). >>Rebel 9, 185 seconds. >>Junior 4.6, Hiarcs 6, Mchess 7.1, Nimzo98, Shredder 2, Genius 5 and CST >>take over 5 minutes. >> >>Very nice position. Thanks. >> >>Enrique > >Chess Tiger 11.4, K5-100MHz, 16Mb hash, has a fail low on Qxb2 in 0.49s, >and finds dxe4 in 0.71s. > >I let it run for several minutes and it never changed its mind. > >Just to have some fun, I then ran the position with Tiger running on my >old 386sx 20MHz notebook (2Mb hash). It rejects Qxb2 in 18.78s (fail >low), and would play dxe4 in 28.34s. > >So this position is maybe too easy for current programs. > > > Christophe Yes, it was perhaps wrong of me to say that it was fantastic move just for Fritz5. Obviously also other programs find the right move in a couple of seconds. However none of mine. Nevertheless it is fantastic to find the move in some seconds, isn't it? But I can't agree that it is a too easy test position with those results: >>Rebel 9, 185 seconds. >>Junior 4.6, Hiarcs 6, Mchess 7.1, Nimzo98, Shredder 2, Genius 5 and CST >>take over 5 minutes. (See above). On the other hand it wasn't this move that made my decision to by Fritz5. It was the program's many amusing levels, above all "sparring mode" where it moves in position on purpose that the player can find combinations. A modern chessprogram is so good that the handicap-levels are very important. How many of us can play a modern program without handicap? I mean that for playing, not analyzing, handicaps-mode are one of the most important features. Georg
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