Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 00:02:31 04/30/01
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On April 29, 2001 at 23:52:52, Uri Blass wrote:
>[D]3r2k1/5pp1/3qp2p/2p3P1/1rPnB2P/1p1R4/P4P2/2Q1R1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Junior played gxh6 with 0.23 pawns against black
>The logfile of Junior gives:
>38.gxh6 -0.23/17 5:25 53 kn/s
Could it be the game was played at midnight?
I have had problems with the clock at midnight in the past. I had to write
specific code to correct this.
I was lucky to find the problem. I found it because I often work at night, so I
noticed several times a problem with the clock, and I eventually realized it
only happened when the program was thinking and the clock passed midnight at the
same time.
I mention this problem because dispite being officially 20 times slower, Junior
managed to reach a ply depth which is consistent with the next moves. So maybe
the problem comes from the clock.
Christophe
>After 38...f5 the logfile gives
>39.Qg5 -1.16/17 4:14 302 kn/s
>After 39...Rd7 the logfiles give
>40.Rxd4 -1.29/16 22 1365 kn/s
>
>You can see that Junior had no problem to see one ply after 38.gxh6 that the
>position is bad.
>
>You can see also that Junior was probably slowed down by a factor of more than
>20 when it played 38.gxh6
>
>The question is if Junior could find axb3 at normal conditions and if this move
>could save the game.
>
>Uri
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