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Subject: Re: Good Test Move for fast computors

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:00:39 06/17/02

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On June 17, 2002 at 16:43:25, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 17, 2002 at 11:33:37, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>>Frohlick,T - Hiarcs 8
>>5bk1/1p4p1/pP3p2/Pq1pn3/8/1r5P/RN1Br1P1/2QR3K b - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Hiarcs 8: on a PII 333Mhz with 32MB hash
>>
>>1...Bc5
>>  -+  (-3.01)   Depth: 1   00:00:00
>>1...Bc5 2.Rf1
>>  -+  (-2.80)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
>>1...Rxg2 2.Qc8
>>  -+  (-3.58)   Depth: 2/9   00:00:00
>>1...Rxg2 2.Bc3
>>  -+  (-3.92)   Depth: 2/9   00:00:00
>>1...Rxg2 2.Qc7
>>  -+  (-4.18)   Depth: 3/14   00:00:00
>>1...Rxg2 2.Bc3 Qe2 3.Rxd5
>>  -+  (-4.80)   Depth: 3/17   00:00:00
>>1...Rxg2 2.Nc4
>>  -+  (-5.05)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:01
>>1...Rxg2 2.Nc4
>>  -+  (-5.05)   Depth: 4/17   00:00:01
>>1...Rxg2 2.Rf1
>>  -+  (-5.30)   Depth: 5/17   00:00:02  11kN
>>1...Rxg2 2.Re1 Rbg3 3.Rxe5 fxe5
>>  -+  (-7.32)   Depth: 5/20   00:00:04  46kN
>>1...Rxg2 2.Ra1
>>  -+  (-7.57)   Depth: 6/20   00:00:05  69kN
>>1...Rxg2 2.Nd3 Qxd3 3.Be3 Rxa2 4.Rxd3 Rxd3 5.Qe1
>>  -+  (-8.26)   Depth: 6/24   00:00:11  254kN
>>1...Rxh3+ 2.gxh3 d4 3.Qc3 dxc3 4.Nd3 Qxd3 5.Re1 Qxh3+ 6.Kg1 Rg2+ 7.Kf1 Rxd2+
>>8.Kg1 Nf3#
>>  -+  (-#8)   Depth: 6/24   00:00:12  288kN
>>1...Rxh3+ 2.gxh3
>>  -+  (-#8)   Depth: 6/24   00:00:13  296kN
>>
>>(Frohlick, MyTown 17.06.2002)
>>
>>
>>Art,
>>
>>You don't need a faster computer--you need Hiarcs 8.0  Are you impressed? I am?
>>
>>Tim Frohlick
>
>I am not impressed and I think that a lot of top programs can find it faster
>than Hiarcs8 on the same hardware.
>
>The problem is easy for movei and movei is not close to be the best in tactics.
>
>Uri

I'm not terribly impressed either, since Chessmaster announced Mate in 6 (rather
than Mate in 8, as above) in 1/6th the time. Although, admittedly, it was on a
machine that was over twice as fast.

jm



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