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Subject: Re: Test move for Portables

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:41:59 06/04/02

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On June 04, 2002 at 16:30:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>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?


Very, very strange.  I tested again and got 13 seconds again.  (It chose Bxg7+
quite a bit earlier than 13 seconds, and the eval kept rising, and it finally
announced the mate just as the clock clicked to 13 seconds.)




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