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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7.32 refuses to draw!

Author: odell hall

Date: 11:10:31 09/16/99

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On September 16, 1999 at 08:05:24, Claudio A. Amorim wrote:

>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.

Very interesting Draw indeed!, May I ask what your rating is, as I cannot even
manage to draw hiarcs7.32, it seems to be the toughest program to beat of them
all.


>
>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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