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Subject: Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder?

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 02:05:31 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 04:59:54, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 07, 2002 at 04:47:50, Will Bundy wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>> In this position Fritz7a announces mate in 8 in 1 sec!!! I expected chessmaster
>>to find it in the same amount of time, didn't happen.
>>
>>
>> [D]2R2R2/5p2/p3p2p/4P1pk/7N/P5PP/5P1K/1q6 w - g6 id Fritz 7 - ; bm g3g4;
>
>I don't think you can reasonably draw any sensible conclusions from a single
>position.  Try it on a couple hundred.  If it's faster with a large set of
>positions, then your conclusion is likely to follow.  If not, then not.

Yes it's very difficult to say anything sure! I have tactical test set with 200
positions and still I cannot say sure, which program is the best in solving:
Fritz, Tiger or Goliath. And "toy" programs like Chessmaster I haven't even
tested.

Jouni

• Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Uri Blass 05:44:18 01/07/02
  • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Christophe Theron 06:11:30 01/07/02
  • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Jouni Uski 05:52:37 01/07/02
    • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Albert Silver 05:59:31 01/07/02
• Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Dann Corbit 02:15:38 01/07/02
  • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Roy Eassa 15:36:47 01/08/02
    • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Heiner Marxen 20:30:05 01/08/02
  • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? leonid 06:38:33 01/07/02
    • Re: Chessmaster Perhaps no longer the Fastest Mate Finder? Heiner Marxen 10:54:42 01/07/02

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