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Subject: Re: Tasc R30 faster than Shredder 9 on a modern PC?

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 07:09:48 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 09:54:46, F. Huber wrote:

>On March 31, 2005 at 09:39:52, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>      Personally, I am not at all interested in how
>>      fast a "normal" chess program does solve
>>      a chess problem with mate in X but much more
>>      interested in seeing the performance of an
>>      engine in practical chess positions (positions
>>      that can happen in a game). For chess problems
>>      we can use the special programs. And so it does
>>      not bother me if Shredder should need a lot of time
>>      to find the solution in the given position :-)
>>      Kurt
>
>Hello Kurt,
>
>"practical chess positions (positions that can happen in a game)"?
>Would you say, a position with mate in X can _not_ happen in a game?
>Have you really never _mated_ your opponent (or have been mated by him)?
>
>A quite strange opinion - IMO. ;-)
>
>Regards,
>Franz.

      Hello Franz
      For your better understanding I should perhaps
      have stated "realistic" and "unrealistic"
      chess positions.
      Regards
      Kurt



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