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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