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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7 is weak at endgames(ignore the previous reply)

Author: blass uri

Date: 01:33:21 01/28/99

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On January 28, 1999 at 02:02:57, Howard Exner wrote:

>On January 27, 1999 at 17:49:51, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On January 27, 1999 at 14:26:46, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>We've got 206 new games at my URL:
>>>
>>>http://home.interact.se/~w100107/welcome.htm
>>
>>I looked at some games and I found that Hiarcs7 is weak at endgames
>>It lost game 63 against Genius5(p90) in a dead draw position and it could not
>>win game 77 with a knight advantage
>>
>>Hiarcs7 played 60.h4 and lost in game 63 in the following position:
>>8/5p2/r3k3/4P1p1/6N1/5PPP/8/5K2 w - - 0 1
>
>This looks like a tough one for computers.
>I'm guessing that computers might play the poor move h4 because they see
>that after the exchange that they will get an h pawn to to the sixth rank.
>What do other programs play? Do some programs see that just shuffling
>their king around will hold? The black king then has no way to enter the
>action.
>
>
>>and could not win with black the following position in game 77
>>played Qxa4 and lost
>>4q2k/2Q3p1/7p/p7/P6P/1n6/6PK/8 b - - 0 1
>
>Black went on to lose this one?

my mistake
black did a draw and did not lose

Uri




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