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Subject: Re: Ed Schröder - it's mate in 15 (not 18) - found by the new Crafty 20.

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 03:19:29 02/20/06

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On February 20, 2006 at 04:55:24, Andre Reffhaug wrote:

>On February 20, 2006 at 03:31:20, Tord Romstad wrote:
>
>>Strange to see a forced mate where Glaurung is so much faster than Crafty.
>>Glaurung usually isn't a great mate finder.
>>
>>Tord
>
>It's not? In my (limited) experience with it, it seems to be a very good
>matefinder, actually. I haven't tested it systematically, but it seems both very
>fast and reliable. What is the reason for it not being a good matefinder?

I also haven't tested it very systematically, at least not in comparison to
other programs.  My impression is that it generally does rather well at finding
the right move quickly, but that it often needs a lot of time to announce mate.

Tord




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