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Subject: Re: GM Suba sets a trap, several top engines fall straight in...

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 17:28:16 05/27/99

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On May 27, 1999 at 09:04:16, blass uri wrote:

>
>On May 27, 1999 at 08:39:42, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>
>>rq2lk1???
>>
>>I don't understand it. It appears to me that universal algebraic either short or
>>long makes a whole lot more sense than this!! There could be no misunderstanding
>>in the algebraic form; however, I will TRY to learn this system.
>>
>>Mel
>>
>>P.S. In the meantime, could you provide the algebraic for this position?
>
>It is simple
>Here is an example:
>
>rq2r1k1/5pbp/4pnp1/2NbN2n/1p3P2/1P4PP/PB3QBK/2RR4 w - -
>
>The first r is black rook at a8
>q is black queen at b8
>2 is nothing at c8,d8
>r is black rook at e8
>1 is nothing at f8
>k is black king at g8
>1 is nothing at h8
>
>5 is nothing at a7-e7
>p is black pawn at f7
>b is black bishop at g7
>p is black pawn at h7
>
>small letters are black and capital letters are white.
>
>Programs like Fritz know to read it and this is the reason that humans use it.
>
>You can use the edit command and select copy.
>After it you goto Set position in Fritz and use the paste Fen command  and you
>get the position
>
>Uri

Hi Uri,

I thank you for explaining it all to me. I have printed out your instructions
and will now have access to learn this system - but I still like short algebraic
better!

By the way, you may be interested to know that I tried this position on my
Hiarcs 7, Fritz 5.32, and Rebel 10. They ALL selected Bd4 as the move. The time
difference between them was relatively small:

Hiarcs 7 was the fastest at 4:25, Rebel 10 was second at 5:22 and Fritz third
with about 5:45. All were set at 40/2.
I wish that people would include the time level and associated hardware -
including Hash Table MB when reporting their findings. Mr. Monkman apparently
has some problem running both Fritz and Hiarcs to get such a slow time for
Hiarcs, 50 min. versus 4:25 for me, and not even getting Fritz to play Bd4. I
believe this may have to do with the computer and Hash Tables.

Kind regards,
Mel



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