Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:29:11 12/02/02
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On December 02, 2002 at 12:07:23, Art Basham wrote: >This is a good test for portables! > >White plays Rxh6+...and mates in 10...! > >[D]3r3k/p4Qp1/7p/1b1Bp3/4Pp2/7R/4nqPP/4R2K w - - > >Saitek Travel Champion takes just 5 ply and finds it in 17 sec. > >Novag Amber takes about 25 sec. > >Fidelity Par Excellence (5 Mhz) takes 6 ply ....3 min. and 21 sec. > >Fidelity Mach 3 (16 Mhz) finds it in 27.5 sec. Are you saying that these portables also announce the Mate in 10 in this amount of time? If so, then that's rather impressive. Although, this is a fairly easy mating sequence because all of White's moves are checks. Just for comparison, CM9000, on a P3-733, finds it in less than one second: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 2.90 6763 1.Rxh6+ gxh6 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qe7+ Kh8 4.Qxe5+ Kh7 5.Qe7+ Kh8 6.Qxd8+ Kg7 7.Qe7+ Kg6 0:00 1/4 Mate10 13475 1.Rxh6+ gxh6 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qe7+ Kh8 4.Qxd8+ Kg7 5.Qg8+ Kf6 6.Qf7+ Kg5 7.Qg7+ Kh5 8.Bf7+ Kh4 9.Qxh6+ Kg4 10.Be6# 0:00 1/5 Mate10 53208 1.Rxh6+ gxh6 2.Qf6+ Kh7 3.Qe7+ Kh8 4.Qxd8+ Kg7 5.Qg8+ Kf6 6.Qf7+ Kg5 7.Qg7+ Kh5 8.Bf7+ Kh4 9.Qxh6+ Kg4 10.Qh5# jm
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