Author: Art Basham
Date: 10:20:40 12/02/02
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No, the portables do not announce mate until it gets down to about mate in 4 or 5...but most do find all the correct moves after RxP check..etc. ArtOn December 02, 2002 at 12:29:11, John Merlino wrote: >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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