Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:36:47 01/08/02
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On January 07, 2002 at 05:15:38, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 07, 2002 at 05:05:31, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>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. >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. > >The output of Chest319 for this problem: > >[D]2R2R2/5p2/p3p2p/4P1pk/7N/P5PP/5P1K/1q6 w - g6 acn 18544563; acs 116; bm Rxf7 >g4+; ce 32752; dm 8; pv g4+ Kxh4 Rh8 Qg6 Rcg8 Qh5 Rh7 f5 exf6ep e5 Rgh8 e4 Rxh6 >e3 Rxh5#; After 4...f5, White can also play 5.Rgh8 (instead of 5.exf6ep) and still mate in the stipulated timeframe, I believe.
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