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Subject: Re: Test position for handhelds and humans (too easy for PCs)

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 15:09:13 04/27/02

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On April 27, 2002 at 18:01:08, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On April 27, 2002 at 17:54:06, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 2002 at 16:30:34, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Black to move and win:
>>>
>>>[d] 8/5B2/6Kp/6pP/5b2/p7/1k3P2/8 b - - 0 68
>>>
>>>My newly-acquired Pocket Fritz gets it in under 1 second on an iPAQ (although I
>>>could swear it took 16 seconds the first time, I cannot duplicate that result).
>>
>>Because of the position learning. Erase the *.plr file in the Pocket Fritz
>>directory and it will take 13 seconds to solve it.
>>
>>Enrique
>>
>>>Chess Genius on iPAQ takes about 26 seconds.
>>>
>>>Palm chess programs do not seem to find it in any reasonably short amount of
>>>time.
>
>
>Thank you Dr. I.  Pardon my ignorance, but is there any way to do that directly
>on the iPAQ, or must I do it via ActiveSync?

I use Resco's File Explorer, much better than the built-in utility. From
Activesync you can do it too.

>  (I cannot see file extensions in
>the iPAQ's File Explorer -- is it the file called "learn"?)

Yes, learn.plr.

Enrique



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