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Subject: Re: Anyone with a TASC?

Author: Rob Basham

Date: 07:47:12 07/19/05

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On July 19, 2005 at 10:13:10, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Rob & Terry,
>
>[D]2qrr1n1/3b1kp1/2pBpn1p/1p2PP2/p2P4/1BP5/P3Q1PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
>
>>This is a better test for old dedicated units
>
>>Sorry, I do not agree.
>>Novag Scorpio (and others) does not find it even after 2 hours!!..........:-)
>
>It probably is too hard for most dedicated units running < 50 Mhz but I bet The
>King i.e. the Tasc machines will find it within 20 secs.  Can someone test this?
>
>Hiarcs 9.5 running on my Treo phone find Qh5+ and announces mate at the same
>time after 64 secs - not bad for a phone.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve

Hi Steve..
Yes, 64 seconds is very good for this difficult move!

I think Steve B has a TASC, but does not like to wait over 3 minutes...etc...:-)

regards
Rob



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