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Subject: Re: PPC Genius 1.5 vs Star Diamond -- announce mate-in-10 at move 30

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:08:47 10/05/03

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On October 05, 2003 at 21:15:48, Mike Byrne wrote:

>One caveat -- I thought the Novag Diamond played so poorly that I question if
>perhaps the machine has to be reset.  If somebody has a Star Diamond/Sapphire -
>look at move 14. ...Nb6 and see if your unit plays that move.  There was also
>some mysterious King moves towards the end that are suspect.  Sometimes, these
>electronic units get out of kilter and need to be reset.
>

I did a reset and the Novag Start Diamond still plays Nb6.  It hangs on to that
move for over 8 minutes.  Switches to Bxd2, but now shows a -2.19 with Bxd2.  If
you play Bxd2, the score drops right down to about even.





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