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Subject: Re: Why don't Hiarcs7,32 solve this position with Namilov 5 man bases?

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 09:48:49 01/09/02

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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

Mine finds it instantly, preced the string with [D]

[D] 2k5/8/8/2p5/2P5/3P4/2K5/8 w
>
>
>2k5/8/8/2p5/2P5/3P4/2K5/8 w - - 0 1
>
>wKc2,Pc4,d3/bKc8,Pc5



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