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Subject: Re: RISC computer Equal to Fritz 8...!

Author: John J. J. Smith

Date: 17:08:29 05/28/05

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On May 27, 2005 at 18:19:42, F. Huber wrote:

>On May 27, 2005 at 17:56:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2005 at 16:57:35, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On May 27, 2005 at 16:53:49, Rob Basham wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, at least on this move...:-)
>>>>
>>>>Mate in 10....
>>>>
>>>>[D]4r1k1/rp2Bppp/p1b5/1q2Q3/R7/1P5P/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Both the Risc (dedicated unit) and Fritz 8 on PC find Qxg7+
>>>>in just 9 seconds!
>>>>
>>>>P3-850
>>>>
>>>>Rob
>>>
>>>Well, and ChestUCI finds it in less than 1 sec on my slow Celeron/400! :-)
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Franz.
>>
>>But ChestUCI *default setting* needs 50 minutes to find it on A3000
>>
>>New game, 10'/40+10'/40+10'/40
>>4r1k1/rp2Bppp/p1b5/1q2Q3/R7/1P5P/P4PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by ChestUCI Ver.3.7:
>>
>>1.Qxg7+
>>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 10   00:50:05  1081113kN
>>
>>(,  28.05.2005)
>>
>>It proves that there is no mate in 9 in the process.
>>
>>Uri
>
>There are 3 important points to mention:
>
>1) Do you really think, that it is fair to compare ChestUCI´s default settings
>(where it _proves_ the shortest mate with a brute-force search) with a normal
>chess engine, which does all kinds of search extensions, cutoffs, ... ?
>Or is it really so hard to switch _one_ option to Automatic-mode?
>
>2) And as I can see from your output, you´re still using a _very_ old version
>of ChestUCI, which doesn´t even have the new ´ThreatDepth´ feature -
>and exactly _this_ function speeds up its search dramatcally!
>
>3) When comparing the solution times with normal chess engines (like this
>dedicated RISC unit or Fritz 8) it´s not necessary at all to _prove_ that
>there is no mate in 9, simply because NO engine actually _proves_ this, when
>looking for a mate - so why requiring such a prove from ChestUCI?
>
>Franz.


Franz

Can you please explain exactly which options you set to get such a fast
solution? Do you always use autoamtic mode? What about Autoturbo mode?

Thanks.
John



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