Author: Chessfun
Date: 22:29:06 01/02/00
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On January 02, 2000 at 22:41:19, allan johnson wrote: > With all the talk on how strong programmes are today I >decided to put a few of my programmes to the test.The one >I have submitted comes from The Big Book Of Combinations >edited by Eric Shiller.So far I have tested only Rebel Century >which fails to find the best move(recommended by Shiller)in >10 minutes.My machine is a Celeron 433 64 mb ram.Is this >position too complicated for computers to solve? I'd >appreciate feed back on responses from Fritz6 and Hiarcs7 >and the like. >Thanks Allan >r4k1r/1p3pp1/2b1p1np/p3P3/3PN1q1/4Q1P1/5P1P/R1R2BK1 white >to move >Rxc6! pxc6 >Be2 Hiarcs 7.32 Cel 433 1. f3..Qh5....line ends at depth 10/30 after 10 minutes. Fritz 5.32 1. f3..Qh5....line ends at depth 13/40 after 10 minutes. Fritz 6 1. f3..Qh5....line ends at depth 14/38 after 10 minutes. After feeding Hiarcs 7.32 1. Rxc6...bxc6 2. Be2 it evaluates: 2.....Qh3. 3. Nd6 +0.71 after feeding these two moves in it cannot find many moves it likes for black. I myself think this type of position is easy for a human to see Rxc6 than for a computer. Thanks.
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