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Subject: Re: 2 Testpositions from Leiden

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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