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Subject: Re: Stupid chess programs!!! Hiarcs732 can't FINISH M in 74

Author: Tina Long

Date: 04:00:11 12/17/99

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On December 17, 1999 at 05:38:24, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On December 17, 1999 at 04:42:42, Tina Long wrote:
>
>>On December 15, 1999 at 13:08:20, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>
>>>On December 15, 1999 at 11:44:52, Torstein Hall wrote:
>>>
>>>>Take the following position and setup on your PC:
>>>>
>>>>4b3/1r4k1/p3pr2/1p1pPp2/PPpP1Pp1/2P3Pp/K6P/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>Every human would play 1.a5 without thinking, but your chessprogram plays
>>>>1.exf6+??? It may be wrong to call a program stupid but.....
>>>>
>>>>Torstein
>>>>
>>>>( So far I have only tried it on Fritz 6 and Hiarcs 7.32 )
>>>
>>>I tried for about half a minute most of the programs I have and they all take
>>>the rook. They are incredibly stupid, but they think the same of us for not
>>>seeing instantly that this position is a mate in 74.
>>>
>>>8/8/8/8/2R1k3/2K5/1P6/3r4 b - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Enrique
>>
>>Hi Enrique,
>
>Hi Unique,
>
>>I pasted the above into H732 with tablebases turned on.
>>0 seconds, announces mate in 74, and thought/searched no further.
>>
>>In Analysis mode I keep pushing MoveNow to watch the mate materialise.
>>From about move 56 onwards (I went to move 96 enthralled) it never proceeds but
>>moves back & forth announcing #18, #18, #17, #17, #18, #18, #17 ........
>>All found in no time, but no further searching goes on.
>>
>>Maybe H732 would finally move on to the actual mate in an attempt to avoid 3fold
>>repetition.
>>
>>This means nothing to me, I just thought it was interesting.
>
>I have no idea of what this means for H732, but it is certainly a failure. Can
>you try with N732 or Shredder 4? Don't do it if you think it's redundant. Stay
>always unique. :)


I'm afraid I don't have either of these programs,
Meanwhile you've probably seen Blass's explanation which is quite logical.


>
>Enrique
>
>>Hi guys,
>>Tina Long.



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