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Subject: Re: Position Revisted:Which Dedicated Units Can Solve This Under A Sec.

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 01:56:27 05/24/04

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On May 23, 2004 at 16:03:50, Daniel Jackson wrote:

>Chessmaster is one of the best mate solving engines, as I'm sure all of you are
>aware. It can find mate in 11 in under a sec. with a search as short as 1/5.
>There is a dedicated unit I know that can solve this position in less than a
>sec. at 1/4, and runs on a lowly 68000 chip and was made before 1990!
>
>1. Which dedicated unit can do this?

The first time I saw this position was in an old issue of "PLY", the magazine
published by the SSDF.  The Fidelity Mach III reportedly found the mate in 11
in less than a second.  I am not sure whether this dedicated unit was made
before 1990, though.

Tord



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