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Subject: Re: christmas: 1995 cstal versus todays chess programs...

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 16:40:34 12/24/01

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On December 24, 2001 at 16:50:47, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>i am sitting here, its christmas. and while it is a little boring, i am doing
>some old positions on old hardware with all kind of software.
>how is your todays software and hardware doing in a position from 1995 ????
>
>
>
>[Event "13th World Microcomputer Chess Championships"]
>[Site "Paderborn (Germany)"]
>[Date "Oct 11 1995"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "Chess Genius"]
>[Black "Chess System Tal"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO ""]
>[Opening ""]
>
>1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cd5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
>7. 0-0 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. d3 a5
>12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Ng5 16. Ng5 Qg5
>17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Qc2 Bg4 19. f4 ef4 20. Rf4 Be6 21. Rf2 f5
>22. Nc3 Bf7 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Qc3 Nd5 25. Bd5 Qd5 26. Nd4 Re5
>27. Qc7 Ra8 28. Qc3 Rae8 29. Nf3 {diagram: black moves} Re3
>{this move played 1995 on tournament time control on a machine
>arround 120 Mhz, as a sac against Genius, is still difficult
>to find for today's chess programs... or what does your
>program say ?} 30. Be3 Re3 31. Nd4 g6 32. Re2 Bc5 33. Re3 Bd4
>34. Qc8 Kg7 35. Rbe1 f4 36. gf4 Qf3 37. Qc7 Be3 38. Re3 Qe3
>39. Kg2 Qe2 40. Kg1 Qd3 41. Qb7 Qa3 42. b6 Qc5 43. Kf1 a4
>44. Qc7 Qc7 45. bc7 Be6 46. h4 a3 0-1
>
>29...Rxe3!
>
>Program	(16MB RAM)	machine		solved ?
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Shredder5		Pentium 133 	not in 1h
>Shredder6 		Pentium 133 	not in 2h
>Gromit 3.10.2		"		(first 4'16", lost,) found again 24'8"
>Hiarcs7.32		"		37'58"
>Gambit-Tiger14.6	"		10" (+0.44 after a few minutes ply 14)
>CSTal2.03 czub2001	Pentium 133	0" (positive score for BLACK!)
>Zarkov4.5v		Pentium 133	14'57"

Rebel Century 4         Athlon 1400     0:24

Ed


>how is your program doing ??
>which hardware??
>
>best wishes, thorsten



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