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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