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Subject: Re: NO (I think...) TRACE 1.32 says M18

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:36:11 11/16/04

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On November 16, 2004 at 18:59:59, Alessandro Scotti wrote:

>On November 16, 2004 at 18:50:54, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On November 16, 2004 at 18:27:31, Alessandro Scotti wrote:
>>
>>>On November 16, 2004 at 15:37:55, Ross Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>>>TRACE 1.32 RELEASE on an AMD XP 2800 finds mate in 18 in 20 secs:
>>>>...
>>>
>>>Ross, that's really amazing! I've been following your recent posts on TRACE 1.32
>>>and it really looks like a tactical monster! :-)
>>>I've tested the position with old Kiwi and it did find the mate, in 20...
>>>minutes! :-)
>>
>>CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 announces Mate in 19 after 0:03 and switches to Mate in 18
>>after 0:06. :-)
>
>Thud!
>
>Alessandro <- Falling from chair... :-)

Generally speaking, The King is the fastest mate solving engine around, in many
instances being faster than dedicated mate solvers.

In that area of chess problems, it rarely fails to impress.

jm



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