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Subject: Re: Test Move.......Engines and Portables

Author: Art Basham

Date: 15:22:33 03/25/04

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OK thanks...Maybe there are other ways to win, but
The reason I like this move is because it is the most obvious move to make as
seen by humans...

Also, it was made by Kasparov, but you seem to think it is "not so great"...?

regards,
Art

On March 25, 2004 at 16:33:51, Peter Berger wrote:

>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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