Author: David Dory
Date: 04:42:25 12/27/03
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On December 27, 2003 at 07:37:05, David Dory wrote: >On December 27, 2003 at 05:40:48, Will Singleton wrote: > >>Blincoe got me thinking about the old machines, so being Christmas and all, I >>got out the old Boris and CompuChess. I knew Boris worked, but hadn't tried >>CompuChess in the last 20 years or so. It made all kinds of odd displays after >>power-on, but after much wiggling of the switches, it finally started working. >>(!) >> >>Reading the manuals is fun. CompuChess has 6 levels, the 6th being for >>"high-quality correspondence games." The 5th is for mates-in-two, and other >>difficult problems, with thinking times up to 10 hours. :) Of the two, Boris >>has more features and is easier to use, so I started a game between Amateur (1 >>sec/move) and Boris (1 min/move). >> >>But I had forgotten the woeful state of electronic chess pre-1980, and the game >>was over in a few moves. The position in which Boris had trouble appears below. >> Since both machines allow for board positions to be set up, I figured I'd see >>which machine could solve the position fastest. >> >>[d]r2qkb1r/ppp1pppp/2n1bn2/8/Q1pPP3/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - >> >>CompuChess, level 5 (up to 10 hours) >>Boris, time set to 8 hours >> >>Now, for the insignificant questions to pursue: >> >>What move(s) will they select? > >h6 for both machines > >>Which machine will get it right? > >This position already has an edge for white, so right may be the wrong word if >saving the game is the goal. :) > >>How much time will the solution take? > >Less than 15 minutes for either one. > >>Will > >Dave Let's make that a6, not h6! :) Dave
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