Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 03:20:28 10/22/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 16:56:10, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: Nah he can't have been playing with the same version at all, or he wouldn't have won from DIEP. CM9k plays completely diff. >On October 21, 2002 at 16:16:11, John Merlino wrote: > >>Interestingly enough, the default Chessmaster personality, on my P4-2.66, does >>NOT find this mate (at least, not in a reasonable amount of time). This leads >>me to believe that Johan, once again, is using "experimental" settings of some >>kind. >> >>Did Johan actually announce Mate in the tournament? 24...Bf8 leads to an easy >>mate to find, but it seems that other moves (that also lose, such as 24...Qe4) >>might not.... > >This is strange. According to Johan he is playing with the same version >as in CM9000, but with some minor unsignificant changes. The King played >Bxh6 instantly announcing Mate in 13, although it probably had been >pondering for quite a few minutes. > >>>Bxh6 wins instantly, Rxa6 also, but with a move more. Most >>>engines find it quickly, then lose it, but finally find it >>>again. >> >>Well, I can truthfully say that CM9000 also does this same thing. It finds Bxh6 >>AND loses it in less than one second, and doesn't find it again until 9:16! Up >>until then, the difference in eval between that move and Be3 is about 0.3.... > >Johan himself spotted the move instantly, and got annoyed no end that >The King didn't spot it. The King wetware was way faster than The King >software here :) > >Sjeng finds and keeps it in 2 mins, but unfortunately, I was on the wrong >side of the board. > >-- >GCP
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