Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:19:33 11/12/00
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On November 11, 2000 at 20:12:11, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On November 11, 2000 at 18:33:52, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On November 11, 2000 at 18:20:25, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>>On November 11, 2000 at 14:36:02, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>I do not think that Hiarcs has big king attack scores relative to other >>>>programs. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>wrong >> >>I think that your impression of bigger scores of hiarcs may be because of the >>fact that hiarcs has bigger scores in general than other programs. >> >>Here is an example that is not about king attack but about endgame: >> >>[D]8/2n4r/p1k1p3/PpPp1p2/1R1P1PpP/1P1R2P1/8/5K2 w - - 0 1 >> >>This position is from one of the games between Fritz6a and Nemeth Eduard >> >>Fritz6a evaluated this dead draw as +2.94 for white and Hiarcs7.32 can see +4.39 >>pawns for white. >> >>This is not because Fritz is smarter than Hiarcs but because of the fact that +2 >>of Hiarcs is not identical to +2 of Fritz. >> >>Uri > >I see this all the time in games with my engine vs Crafty. For example in some >drawn endings mine will say +2 and Crafty will say +1. > >Some engines contain a term that's supposed to induce them to trade down when >ahead material, I think. > >bruce I agree that it is one of the reasons for Hiarcs's bigger score but not the only reason. If black is a rook down in the initial position then hiarcs shows scores of +6.xx when other programs show scores that are close to +5. Uri
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