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Subject: Hiarcs 7.32 refuses to draw!

Author: Claudio A. Amorim

Date: 05:05:24 09/16/99


Hello, All.

I am posting a game that I played yesterday against Hiarcs 7.32, on a K6-2 350
Mhz, with time control of 3min +3sec/move, and strongest engine settings. By
moves 40-50, the game was a clear draw, but Hiarcs declined every draw offer
until move 72, when I interrupted the game, without wating for the 50 moves
rule.
Well, Hiarcs 7.32 is VERY strong indeed, but this specific game is a model of
how dumb and "computerish" its play can be, some times. I tested the position on
Crafty 16.13 engine, with a similar result. When I turned chatting on (by move
70), the Chessbase interface even told me I was asking for a draw in order to
get myself out of a messy situation!!
Do you know of any program that behave differently in such positions? Is this
the kind of "intelligence" we can expect from top chess engines?

The game follows, in PGN.

Best Regards,

Cláudio.

[Event "?"]
[Site "Salvador - BRASIL"]
[Date "1999.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Claudio Amorim"]
[Black "Hiarcs 7.32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Amorim,C"]
[PlyCount "152"]


1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. f4 c5 5. c3
Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12.
fxe5 c4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Be1 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. a3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2
Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ba4 20. Bg3 Bg5 21. Bf4 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Qd8 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Rbf1
Bxf4 25. exf4 Qd6 26. Qe2 Rae8 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 b5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kf2 g5 32. g4 a5 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. Kc2 Ke8 36. Kd2 Kd7
37. Kc2 Ke8 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. Kc2 Kc7 40. Kd2 Kc6 41. Kc2 Kb6 42. Kd2 Kc6 43. Kc2
Kd7 44. Kd2 Kc7 45. Ke2 Kc6 46. Kf3 Kd7 47. Kg3 Kd8 48. Kf3 Ke8 49. Ke3 Kf7 50.
Kf3 Kg6 51. Ke3 h5 52. h3 h4 53. Kd2 Kf7 54. Kc2 Ke7 55. Kd2 Ke8 56. Kc2 Ke7
57. Kd2 Kd7 58. Kc2 Kc8 59. Kd2 Kd7 60. Kc2 Kc7 61. Kd2 Kc8 62. Kc2 Kd7 63. Kd2
Kc7 64. Kc2 Kb7 65. Kd2 Kc6 66. Kc2 a4 67. Kd2 Kb6 68. Kc2 Kc6 69. Kd2 Kb6 70.
Kc2 Kc7 71. Kd2 Kc8 72. Kc2 Kd7 73. Kd2 Ke7 74. Kc2 Kd7 75. Kd2 Ke7 76. Ke2 Ke8
1/2-1/2



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