Author: David Dory
Date: 21:44:03 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 20:41:39, Rich Van Gaasbeck wrote: >I have this old Chess Challenger 7. It has about 7-8 levels of play and I've >always wondered how deep it searches and whether any of the search is full >width. > >Are there test positions that I could give it that would tell me how deep it was >searching? I was thinking of maybe a series of mate-in-1, mate-in-two, >mate-in-three, etc that would tell me the maximum depth. > >How would I test the full width depth? Are there collections of mates that have >no captures or checks right up to mate so that search extensions and selective >filters wouldn't be triggered? > >Rich Yes, I would think your Chess Challenger 7 would have 7 levels. I had the CC 10, with (get this), TEN levels. :-) I don't know of any particular "mate without checks or captures" suite, but my CC 10 found all mates I tested it on IF YOU GAVE IT ENOUGH T-I-M-E. <yawn!> I suspect you'll have to ferret out the mate problems that fit your specific needs. Shouldn't be too hard with all the mate probs around. Dave
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