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Subject: rebel10 bug?

Author: ed

Date: 05:52:31 10/15/98


I gave Rebel 15 min avg CPU time/move to analyze a complete game. But after 12
1/2 moves, Rebel seems to be stuck. Even as I am writing this (on a diff PC btw)
Rebel has been stuck in this particular postion for 14h 30m- 58 times longer
than it is supposed to be.

From previous experience with Rebel9, I know that Rebel can take as much as 8
times longer than the preset avg CPU time, but 58+ times is somewhat ridiculous.
I am now thinking that Rebel probably won't even stop computing now. It likes
this position too much! :) (Hmmm..hash seems to be stuck at 91% for the longest
time.)

Anothing thing that I dont' understand is why does Rebel have to calculate twice
for each particular move; one for the best move, one for the actual move played.
Can it not assign a score for the actual move played while finding the best
move? Is there an option to not score the actual move played, thereby speeding
things up? After all, I dont' care how good/bad (probably bad) my move is. Very
often, I just want to know what the best moves are. (Incidently, I wish that
Rebel would list the top 3-5 moves in writing the analysis, and not just one.
After all, the whole idea of analysis is to explore alternate moves, the what
ifs...)

I also don't particularly understand why the combination isn't a workable option
when analyzing a complete game. I would surely want Rebel to find tactical moves
as fast as it can be it in a single position or in a complete game.

PGN output (with move notes) for Rebel9 doesn't work with TASCBASE which can
read PGN. Does anyone know if PGN from Rebel10 would work?

Is Anti-GM also good for long analysis? 15 min or more/position?

Overall, Rebel10 is an excellent program (best looking also), and I hope that
Rebel for Windows would be even a further improvement. ( I heard that Rebel
Windows that is coming out in 1 year's time would also be Rebel10? Shouldn't it
not be Rebel11 by then?)



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