Author: F. Huber
Date: 14:53:58 12/13/04
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On December 13, 2004 at 17:46:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >On December 13, 2004 at 17:18:34, F. Huber wrote: > >>Hi Dann, >> >>about a week ago you posted a test suite of mate positions with the following >>comment: >> >>"There is a utility that computes all the answers in under a minute on a Pentium >>II, 166 MHz." >> >>Furthermore you answered in this thread that this utility would be available >>shortly. >> >>Any idea when this ´shortly´ would be? ;-) >> >>Since some of these mates are quite hard for Chest, I would be very curious >>about this program ... > >Let me explain: > >Les Fernandez is working on an interesting VB application. The application uses >symmetry to solve a class of problems from a single solution. > >It may have many interesting applications, from creation of an automated mate >composer to expanding database systems of checkmates into much larger solution >sets. > >Les is tidying up a few things and I expect that he will formally release the >code shortly. Thanks Dann, that sounds really interesting, although it doesn´t seem to be a real competition to usual matesolvers! Now I also understand why in your mate suite the problems are grouped into 10-15 almost equal positions ... Franz.
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