Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 23:47:23 01/08/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 02:18:40, Bobby Ang wrote: >SWINDLE MODE > >Messrs. Jimmy Walker and Harald Faber have perhaps forgotten about "swindle >mode". I believe this was first introduced by Bob Hyatt in Crafty. > >Hiarcs7.32 knows that it is a draw, but White is a pawn up and what's wrong with >trying to win this? So it makes the best move under the circumstances hoping >that Black will blunder. > >Take note that after white moves here, Hiarcs7.32 will immediately show an >evaluation of draw for Black. But after black moves white will again show an >evaluation of +1 and try to win. > >In short, Mr. Ripple, hiarcs7.32 has accessed the 5-man Tablebases, notes that >it is a draw, but still tries to win it. > >I may be mistaken, but I think I read about this from Steve Lopez, either one of >his T-Notes or a posting here. > >bobby ang Touché! ;-) Sune > > > > > > > > >On January 09, 2002 at 01:00:47, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>Chess Tiger solves this instantly showing a draw with White to move. Interesting >>that my Hiarcs 7.32 can't solve it and they both are using the 5 man >>Namilov bases. Hiarcs shows a score of 1.16 after thinking 10 min. but Tiger >>will move instantly and shows a draw 0.00 >> >>I checked to make sure Hiarcs has endgame databases checked and the ini.file >>shows the correct path. Please note that Hiarcs does solve most of the 5 man >>problems but there are a few problems like this one when there is a draw >>involved, then Hiarcs will just keep thinking on the position when it is a dead >>draw and it don't show 0.00 after thinking over 10 min. >> >>Why does my Hiarcs act this way? Do any of you have similiar problems with your >>Hiarcs? >> >>Sorry i didn't post a diagram as this is my first time and didnt bother to find >>out how it's done as i was pressed for time at the moment. Maybe someone would >>be kind and describe how to post a chess diagram, i would appreciate it very >>much! I posted the Fen and the ASCII. >> >>Thankyou in advance for any help to my problem with Hiarcs 7.32! >> >>PS. For those who can't read the Fen, it's White to move and draw. >> >>Best regards, >>Terry >> >> >>2k5/8/8/2p5/2P5/3P4/2K5/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>wKc2,Pc4,d3/bKc8,Pc5
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