Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 04:04:46 05/24/04
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On May 24, 2004 at 04:56:27, Tord Romstad wrote: >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 The Fidelity Mach III is the correct answer! It was released in 1988. http://www.schachcomputer.at/fidelit3.htm http://www.schachcomputer.at/mach3.htm I actually tested this position on the Designer Mach III which was released in 1989. http://www.schachcomputer.at/machiii.htm Daniel
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