Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:14:30 12/23/99
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On December 23, 1999 at 07:57:20, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On December 23, 1999 at 05:41:25, blass uri wrote: > >>On December 23, 1999 at 04:51:50, Bertil Eklund wrote: >> >>>On December 23, 1999 at 04:03:21, Anatoli wrote: >>> >>>>Hi ! >>>>Any first impressions about this engine ? Thanks. >>>> >>>>Best wishes >>>>Anatoli >>> >>>Hi! >>> >>>I have only checked it in a few blitz-games and I am very impressed! >>> >>>Junior6-Tiger12.0 5min 5-3 >>>Junior5-Hiarcs7.32 10min 8,5-2,5 >>> >>>Two AMD450 K6-2 >>> >>>I played with the endgame-turbo with Junior6, and one draw against Tiger was >>>caused by incorrect handling in the TB. Junior announced mate in 14 but played a >>>3-time repetition. >>> >>>Bertil SSDF >> >>I understand that Fritz6,hiarcs7.32 and Junior6 do the same mistake. >>They do not know when to stop using their tablebases. >> >>I guess that the right move was a promotion to queen when Junior had not the >>relevant tablebases. >> >>What is the reason that the programmers of chessbase cannot solve problems that >>Bob hyatt solved some weeks ago? >> >>Is bob hyatt a better programmer than the programmers of Junior,Hiarcs,Fritz in >>the ability to fix bugs? >> >>Uri > >Hi! > >In this case it was an endgame KRp vs KR with mate in 14. First Junior played >(in TB) the right move mate in 14 than mate in 13 than mate in 14 and a couple >of moves later still mate in 14 with a 3-time repetition. > >Another result G/10 >Junior6-Nimzo7.32 4,5-1,5 > >Regards Bertil I had the same problem with Fritz 6 and I have the "Next" tablebases which have the promotions. So it's not a problem of not having some tablebases. It seems the Chessbase people are overly challenged in the tablebase department. They never did fix the problem with Fritz 5.32 and now Fritz 6 has similiar problems(And I guess Junior 6 also). Jim Walker
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