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Subject: Re: The King: 8 seconds on K6-II 500! Hiarcs-no time needed at all!

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 06:01:53 02/27/00

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On February 27, 2000 at 07:03:53, stuart taylor wrote:

>On February 27, 2000 at 04:59:17, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2000 at 04:14:15, Johan Havegheer wrote:
>>
>>>Bad guess Jeroen, Little Goliath 2000 V2.0 gives Rc3 after only 1 second
>>>score starts at +1.34 and goes up to 2.50 after 28" and 3.29 after 1 minute
>>>All this on a AMD K6-2-400 Mhz.
>>
>>Sorry, but I don't count this as 'solved in 1 second'. In your case 1. Rc3
>>is chosen on pure positional grounds. Only when the program sees that
>>1. Rc3 Qd8 is losing to 2. Nxe6! one can say that it sees through. Most
>>programs expect 1. Rc3 Nc5, which loses a piece but avoids the mate.
>>
>>So The King is still best, as it sees after only 8 seconds that 1. Rc3 Qd8
>>is losing. LG2000 can't see this after only 1 second. See the score, which
>>is +1.34. This doesn't indicate that the program sees the whole sequence.
>>
>>Regards, Jeroen
>
>All this is childs play for Hiarcs 7.00 on k6-3 400mhz. It finds Rc3 instantly
>and after the reply Qd8, it replies to that Nxe6 instantly too. Or maybe I'm
>not being fair trying it out on Hiarcs?
>S.Taylor



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