Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:29:41 04/04/02
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On April 04, 2002 at 10:30:56, Art Basham wrote: >Hi Roy.. > >Maybe so, but computers are programed to >"think like humans".. >so a good chess engine will find this move in about >8 to 11 plies...:-) > > >>>[D]r1b2r1k/2q2pp1/2pb3p/p1n1NB2/1pP5/1P5P/PBQ2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - Art, There are many chess puzzles out there, but only a modest percentage of them are really enjoyable for most humans to solve, IMHO. Some may be too deep for almost all non-GMs; some may be too obscure; many are too easy for most serious players. The one you posted happens to be ideal for many humans to solve (IMHO) because it's game-like and just deep enough. Thus my comment, which was a compliment. I also happen to think that this particular puzzle is too easy to be a good test for today's programs running on today's PCs. It's not one where some programs will get it in 20 seconds and others will take 20 minutes. (Well, maybe it is -- for handhelds. I haven't tried it on those.)
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