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Subject: Re: Really weird SSDF game

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 12:30:45 10/02/01

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On October 02, 2001 at 04:46:09, Uri Blass wrote:

>On October 02, 2001 at 04:38:33, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>On October 02, 2001 at 03:25:00, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>On October 02, 2001 at 03:01:20, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>[Event "Junior7-MCP8"]
>>>>[Site "SSDF"]
>>>>[Date "2001.??.??"]
>>>>[Round "29"]
>>>>[White "COMP Junior 7 AMD K6-2 450"]
>>>>[Black "COMP MCP8 AMD K6-2 450"]
>>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>>[ECO "B17"]
>>>>[PlyCount "15"]
>>>>[EventDate "2001.08.20"]
>>>>
>>>>1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. Ne6 fxe6 8.
>>>>Bg6#
>>>>
>>>>Is there book hole in MCP8 or cannot it see mate in 1 ???!!!
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>I have no idea. I checked it now. There must have been s.th. wrong in the
>>>opening book setup. Tournament moves are 6...e7-e6 (d) and 6...Nd7-b6 (e) so
>>>those moves will be played preferably. The other book moves, c6-c5, Qd8-b6,
>>>h7-h6, Qd8-c7, e7-e5 and g7-g6 have no flag for tournament move.
>>>
>>>And after 7.Ne6 MCP starts to calculate and certainly does not play that ugly
>>>fxe6??. After 5 minutes on my K7-600 best move is Qa5 with -0.09/11.
>>>
>>>I suspect setup problem or autoplayer-influence.
>>>This leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. How many other games have been played
>>>with a wrong setup? I know that your example is a very tough one, but who can
>>>tell that the source for this did not harm some other programs in some other
>>>games?
>>
>>But I think/hope, that in 100s of games the effect of some erroneous ones is
>>unimportant! And probably effecting all engines as well...
>>
>>Jouni
>
>Maybe it effects Dos programs more than windows programs.
>I do not know.
>
>I remember that Ed found also problems with Rebel and Mchess.
>
>Uri

But all such happenings MUST be searched out and replayed, if that is possible.
S.Taylor



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