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Subject: Re: Nolot # 1 - The Game ...

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 19:05:04 02/08/04

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On February 08, 2004 at 18:25:38, Peter Berger wrote:

>It's a long time since I tried the Nolot positions that looked just too tough -
>it's just amazing what hardware advances do to them.
>
>Maybe interesting to get another input by a program that just hates the white
>position in general , like Chess Tiger.
>
>P4 3.2GHz, 322MB Hash
>
>Der Bringer (http://www.reubold.onlinehome.de)
>
>1:06:09.6  (15/44)   1753789126  -0.62  1.Ld4 Sd3 2.Sxh6 S5f4 3.Dg4 Lxe4 4.Lxd3
>Lxd3 5.Txe6 Sxe6 6.Te3 d5  (Mat=-340,50=0)
>1:16:59.1  (15/44)   2045312539  -0.61  1.Sxh6  (Mat=0,50=0)
>1:28:36.7  (15/46)   2367980017  -0.34  1.Sxh6 c3 2.Sf5 cxb2 3.Dg4 g6 4.Te2 Sf4
>5.Dxf4 Lxe4 6.Txe4  (Mat=0,50=0)
>2:17:23.2  (16/52)   3736934199  -0.27  1.Sxh6 c3 2.Sf5 cxb2 3.Dg4 g6 4.Te2 Dd7
>5.Sh4 Kg8
>5:32:26.2  (17/54)   9220778769   0.13  1.Sxh6  (Mat=0,50=0)

What does 'mat' mean here?

Probably not that in all those 9 billion nodes you didn't find a single mate.

>7:07:51.0  (17/57)   11952879213   0.14  1.Sxh6 c3 2.Sf5 cxb2  (Mat=-340,50=0)

Here mate is negative even, it gets weirder!

>Contrary to some other entries with higher scores, I'd count this as a "solved".
>
>Peter



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