Author: Peter Berger
Date: 13:33:51 03/25/04
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On March 25, 2004 at 15:20:31, Art Basham wrote: >Checked my old Novag... >Constelation Forte... >about 20 minutes..! > >Chess Computers certainly have come along way since 1985...! > >Maybe someone can test the new Novag handheld unit...:-) > >thanks > >Art The Novag Star Diamond (same engine as the Sapphire) has to fight hard here and needs more than 50 minutes to choose Re3: .> d 10 03.30 00:19:38 38/40 7426/s d4-d5 .> d 10 03.34 00:52:35 33/40 5320/s e1-e3 So the Forte is superior in this case. But although the test position seems to be correct it's not that great, as virtually every white move wins by a huge margin. E.g. here's Fritz output at depth 19/57 in 2-best mode after about an hour on XP2600+: Neue Partie r4q2/pp3p1k/2b2P1p/5N2/2PPpQ2/8/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 Analysis by Deep Fritz 8: 1. +- (10.63): 1.Te3 Ld7 2.Tg3 Lxf5 3.Dxf5+ Kh8 4.Tg7 Dxg7 5.fxg7+ Kxg7 6.Dxe4 a5 7.Dxb7 2. +- (8.09): 1.h3 Ld7 2.Sd6 Td8 3.Te3 Le6 4.Tg3 Txd6 5.Dxe4+ Kh8 6.Tg7 Dxg7 7.fxg7+ Kxg7 8.De5+ Peter
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