Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 07:50:35 06/14/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 23:44:30, Mike Byrne wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 23:42:40, Mike Byrne wrote: > >> >> >>[D] 1k1r4/1pp4p/2n5/P6R/2R1p1r1/2P2p2/1PP2B1P/4K3 b - - ;bm e3! >> >>Pocket PC Genius 221 Mhz ~1-2 seconds >>Pocket Fritz 221Mhz ~1-2 seconds >>Palm Vx Genius (w/Afterburner 28 Mhz) ~63 seconds >>Mephisto Roma 133 seconds This first puzzle took Palm Chess Tiger 14.9a, Gambit Aggressive setting, running at 42 MHz on a Sony Clie, about 512 seconds (about 8 1/2 minutes). Just reproduced this using the "Normal" Chess Tiger setting. It took exactly 510 seconds (exactly 8.5 minutes) to switch to 1...e3! >> >>[D] 6k1/2b2p1p/ppP3p1/4p3/PP1B4/5PP1/7P/7K w - - ;bm Bxb6! >> >> >>Mephisto Roma 35 seconds >>Palm Vx Genius (w/Afterburner 28 Mhz) ~47 seconds (not 63 seconds) >>Pocket Fritz ~47 seconds >>Pocket PC Genius 141 seconds (whoaa!! - Palm Genius beats Pocket Genius!) >> >>all current top PC programs should solve the two almost instantaneously Chess Tiger 14.9a running on Palm OS (Sony Clie) 42 MHz, took exactly 386 seconds (6 minutes, 26 seconds). I think these are both good test positions for handhelds, which can solve them but not very quickly yet (with the exception of PPC apps on 1st puzzle). I look forward to the day when Chess Genius running on a Palm OS device can solve each of these puzzles in under 5 seconds!
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