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Subject: Re: Nolot test fun!

Author: Shep

Date: 01:27:46 01/12/00

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On January 11, 2000 at 16:36:23, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:

>Hi Bruce,
>
>>Let's have another thread about the Nolot positions.
>
>Yeah -- that is always serious fun!
>
>>Here are my results as of now:
>
>I put the results of "DarkThought WCCC'99" on a 500MHz Compaq
>Alpha-21264 XP1000 right behind yours in the table below.
>
>"DarkThought" searched each position for 15 min. The "(d = ...)"
>information specifies the iteration depth at which the program
>locked onto the solution move. The "[...]" data lists the move
>"DarkThought" prefers for the positions it does not solve.
>
>>   DT      Ferret  DarkThought WCCC'99
>>           4x450   500MHz Alpha-21264
>>   ------  ------  -------------------
>>1  6hr              12:25 min (d = 12)
>>2  2min   31sec       /       [Bf6]
>>3                     /       [Be2]
>>4  2.5hr              /       [Be2]
>>5  2hr                /       [h4]
>>6                     /       [Bd7]
>>7  6hr                /       [Rb7]
>>8                     /       [Re1]
>>9  9min               /       [Rxc5]
>>10 2min   11sec       /       [Bb3]
>>11 5min   48sec     04:32 min (d = 15)

Most micros find #1 somewhere between 3 and 20 minutes (P6-233), see
http://sccs.8m.com/nolot.html.
The only program I have that was able to find #2 was Chessmaster 5555 (again
P6-233) - I left it running unattended, and when I came back after about 6
hours, it had found the move with a +3 eval.

---
Shep



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