Author: Harald Faber
Date: 15:04:27 06/05/03
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On June 05, 2003 at 12:09:27, Marc van Hal wrote: >On June 05, 2003 at 02:38:29, Heinz-Josef Schumacher wrote: > >>In Germany many user had reported already Junior 8 games lost on time. This >>happens now too often and not rare from time to time like by older Junior >>versions. >> >>One user play the first game (40/2h) on his PC with Junior 8 and it lost on time >>in the 39 move in a won position! >>Or another play 58 Games (40/40+30 ) with 8 lost on time! And the "record": a >>lost on time game in the 28 move (40/20min). And I'm self had two lost in time >>in 22 games (40/40). I suppose a bug!? What say Amir to all this? How about a >>patch!? >> >>HJS > >i am not sure but I think the problem lies in tablebase usage I did get an eror >on mcvr.dll or something in a postion where the program did freeze >I am not sure but is this perhaps a new version of VB rundrivers which came with >the program? > >Marc > >Marc You are on the wrong way. There is no program or engine freeze. Junior 8 just calculates longer than the remaining time allows. E.g. in my first test game vs. Shredder 7.04 Junior 8 exceeded the time control with the 38th move by one minute and used 121min for these 38 moves. Time control was 40/120'+60.
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