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Subject: Re: Mate With Bishop and Knight At One Second/Move

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 16:11:53 10/04/02

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On October 03, 2002 at 21:53:48, Dana Turnmire wrote:

>It probably doesn't mean much but Genius 7 can mate with bishop and knight at
>one second per move.  I have tried this position several times with CM9000
>without endgame tablebases and it is drawn everytime.  I wonder how many
>programs have the ability to mate in this position at that time control?
>
>4k3/8/8/8/8/8/8/4KNB1 w - - 0 1

Many old dedicated machines running a 6502 at 4 Mhz could mate with a Knight &
Bishop.  It required a little knowledge programmed in for certain positions I
think.  The Novag "Super Constellation" could do this.  The next generation
could not.  I believe it was the "Forte" by Novag that David took out the
knowledge because he said he needed the RAM for something else.
Jim



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