Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 07:55:17 01/12/00
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On January 12, 2000 at 10:40:05, Albert Silver wrote: >>This position, after 23.Ne4 is very instructive. Enrique seems to be right that >>programs that do not spot the mate threat in this position tend to fall prey to >>fast finders. I've had enough time to check on several progs -- the successful >>ones (fast finders) took only a couple of seconds at the most to spot both the >>threat and the mate: Crafty 17.6 SMP, Fritz 6 (all test versions), Deep Junior >>6, Hiarcs 7.32... I haven't set up my Tiger 12, but am sure that it would spot >>the mate in a split second :) Programs that had a hunch something was wrong >>with capturing on a2: Genius 6.5, Zarkov 5.1, Wchess 1.2a (none of these saw >>the coming mate quickly, but assigned a hefty bonus to White after capturing). >>I was pretty upset to find out that Rebel Century could not at least "intuit" >>about the coming threat to his King via the check on c8 and the subsequent >>checking on g5 with a quick mate. Has anyone tried the previous Rebels? >> >>Djordje > >How long does it take Genius 6.5 to see this? I ran this on Genius 3 and it saw >it was mate in 7 after Bxa2 after 2 min 47 on a K6-2/350. > > Albert Silver Albert, I have tried Genius 3 under Genius 6.5 and lo and behold it saw mate in 7 in only 23 seconds with my connection on! It actually played the move in 39 seconds (PII-400). It appears that I simply hadn't been patient with Genius in my previous try, as Genius 6.5 needs approximately the same time to see mate in 7 as Genius 3, of course, after the tragic Bxa2. The moral: never ever underestimate Genius. *** Djordje
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