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Subject: Re: CM9000 takes 6 secs!

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 07:18:05 10/29/02

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It seems evident that some programmers have programmed their machines to look at
sacrifices whereas others have not.  It is not apparent why this would be the
case.  In fact, the programmers may not realize they have done this.  Their
preferences may be subconscious.

On the other hand, maybe this is just an "accident"?

Bob D.






On October 29, 2002 at 09:30:55, Steve Maughan wrote:

>[D]2qr2k1/p4ppp/Pp1Pp3/1Qp1P3/2Pn1P2/B6P/6P1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:01	1/8	-1.21	126774		1.Qb2 Qxa6 2.Qa2 Qa5 3.Rc1 Qa4
>					4.Kh1 Qd7 5.Re1
>0:01	1/9	-1.25	256507		1.Qb2 Qxa6 2.Qa2 Qa4 3.Rd3 a5 4.Qb1
>					Qxc4 5.Qxb6 Rc8
>0:04	2/10	-1.13	675439		1.Qb2 Qxa6 2.Qa2 Qa4 3.Ra1 a5 4.Rb1
>					Qc6 5.Qb2 Rb8
>0:06	2/10	-0.89	992332		1.Rxd4 cxd4 2.c5 bxc5 3.Bxc5 d3
>					4.Kf2 f6 5.Ke3 Qa8 6.Qxd3 fxe5
>					7.fxe5 Qxg2 8.Bxa7 Qxh3+ 9.Kd4
>0:13	3/11	-0.89	2045092		1.Rxd4 cxd4 2.c5 bxc5 3.Bxc5 d3
>					4.Kf2 f6 5.Ke3 fxe5 6.fxe5 Qa8
>					7.Qxd3 Qxg2 8.Bxa7 Qxh3+ 9.Kd4
>0:43	4/12	-0.52	6843200		1.Rxd4 cxd4 2.c5 bxc5 3.Bxc5 d3
>					4.Kf2 f6 5.Ke3 Qa8 6.Qb3 Qxg2 7.Qxe6+
>					Kh8 8.Kxd3
>3:39	5/13	-0.09	35031396	1.Rxd4 cxd4 2.c5 bxc5 3.Bxc5 d3
>					4.Kf2 f6 5.Ke3 fxe5 6.fxe5 Rd7
>					7.Kxd3 Rf7 8.Ke3 Qa8



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