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Subject: Re: Difficult position for older computers

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 15:39:46 02/10/99

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On February 10, 1999 at 09:23:53, Alain Lyrette wrote:

>Taken from the february issue of Chess life:
>                                        L.Evans-C.Pilnick 1946
>
>White:Kb1,Qe6,Rg3,Rd1,Bd3,Nc3,Nf3 and pawns on b2,d4,e5,f4,g2
>                      Black:Kg8,Qa5,Rc8,Rf8,Be7,Bf7,Nc6 and pawns on
>a3,a7,d5,g6,h7
>                           None of my little computers(Fidelity,Saitek,Radio
>Shack)can find the solution in 2 hours(Bxg6!).I don't doubt that pc programs of
>today will resolve that problem quite easily but how much time will they
>take?Thanks in advance.

Alain,
	The tests had been made in a PII-300 with HT=64Mb.

		               Move  Time(sec.)    Depth       Evaluation

		Fritz5.32----  Bxg6     43            9          -3.63
			       Bxg6     92           10          -0.37
			       Bxg6    223           11          +0.34

		Genius6------  Bxg6    277            7          -3.75
			       Bxg6    708            8          -2.27

Best Regards,

Paulo Soares, from Brazil.



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