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Subject: Re: Genius remains #1 at endings but Virtual Chess 2 is hot too!

Author: fca

Date: 10:32:27 08/12/98

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On August 12, 1998 at 11:56:28, Ilya P. Kozachenko wrote:

>
>On August 12, 1998 at 05:16:32, fca wrote:
>
>>On August 12, 1998 at 01:51:31, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>
>>>On August 11, 1998 at 12:17:25, Ilya P. Kozachenko wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On August 11, 1998 at 08:16:49, fca wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 10, 1998 at 20:48:24, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>wKh2,Ba5,Ra2,Pg2,h3/bKh4,Qc8,Pg6,h5
>>>>>>white to move
>>>>>>solution Rc2!!
>>>>>>
>>The 79 is Moritz's timing, not mine, and that was posted *in reply to* my post
>>so by logic I could not know it when I made my post :-))
>>
>>BTW - I am surprised CG did not give better timings on Moritz's fast hardware
>>(given my result on very slow hardware), which is the subject of other
>>discussion.
>>
>>>Yes, but you did not mention your hardware.
>>
>>Correct, Tord - Ilya did not, there or elsewhere.  Ilya's original post might
>>imply that he was using a P5/90 (since that is the hardware mentioned by quote
>>from Jouni, and Ilya does not mention his own hardware here or in any other post
>>of his I have found) - if so it is a *fantastic* result for VC2 in this one
>>position.
>>
>>Ilya, please state hardware.  Or someone else who has VC2 try out the test,
>>please.  Preferably on a slower machine too, like mine, so we can see the effect
>>on VC2 of differing hardware.
>
>Sorry, K6-233. Not so cool :)

Au contraire, Ilya!  Moritz's CG timings were on a P2/400.  So your 50 secs on a
K6/233 is _clearly_ better.  Well done, VC2.

<usual caveats re judging a program from a few test positions may be inserted
here>

>>>Tord

Kind regards

fca



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