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Subject: Re: Test move for Portables

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 13:30:20 06/04/02

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On June 04, 2002 at 15:52:20, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On June 04, 2002 at 15:35:47, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On June 04, 2002 at 15:30:28, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On June 04, 2002 at 15:24:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 04, 2002 at 14:55:08, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 04, 2002 at 14:52:49, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On June 04, 2002 at 10:13:05, Art Basham wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>White wins by playing 1.BxP+...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>[D]3qrrnk/ppnbbppp/2p5/2PpBP2/1P1P3R/P2B2N1/6PP/R2Q2K1 w - -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The Novag Amber  finds it in 55 sec.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Novag Super VIP in 23 sec.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I do not think the new Touch Chess would find this one..:-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>art
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Time for solution:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>- ChessTiger 14.9 Palm = 2m19s
>>>>>>- ChessGenius 1.4 Palm = 7m12s
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kurt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Something is strange here, because Tiger on my Palm announced mate-in-7 in 13
>>>>>seconds!  (Tiger 14.9a on Sony Clie at 42 MHz.)
>>>>
>>>>I have again checked, but this time ChessTiger 14.9 [not 14.9.a] required 132
>>>>seconds to announce mate in 7 [Palm 16 MHz]
>>>>Kurt
>>>
>>>
>>>I am surprised by a factor of 10 between such close versions and a factor of
>>>only 2.63 difference in MHz.  What do you get for the Speed Index (TigerMark)?
>>>I get 1.14.
>>
>>My TigerMark index is 0.39
>>Kurt
>
>
>OK, my Palm's MHz is 2.63 times yours and its TigerMark is 3.59 times yours, but
>its solution time is better than 10x as fast as yours.  I guess it's not
>impossible that the rest is just version 14.9a versus 14.9 (surprising, but not
>impossible).
>
>Christophe, you listening?

In the meantime I have downloaded and installed ChessTiger v14.9a and now I only
get a TigerMark index of 0.34 and the announcement mate in 7 comes up within 144
seconds. That's all somewhat strange, isn't it?
Kurt



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