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Subject: Re: Enrique games-problem with Junior5 and adjudicated games

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 03:30:44 01/06/99

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On January 06, 1999 at 03:09:15, blass uri wrote:

>
>On January 05, 1999 at 22:24:38, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On January 05, 1999 at 20:55:11, Matthew Herman wrote:
>>
>>>On January 05, 1999 at 17:33:37, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 05, 1999 at 16:34:27, blass uri wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>This is the position from game 13 of enrique's games:
>>>>>8/8/2k3P1/p5r1/K7/8/2B5/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>>
>>>>>black last move was kc5-c6
>>>>>
>>>>>and my Junior5 prefers 79.Bd3 at depth 20 and at bigger depthes
>>>>>
>>>>>In enrique's games Junior5 chose 79.Bb3 with evaluation -1.12
>>>>>and my Junior5 gives 79.Bd3 with evaluation -0.xx at depth 20 and at bigger
>>>>>depthes
>>>>>
>>>>>What is the reason for this
>>>>>
>>>>>Is it a bug in the Autoplayer or another reason?
>>>>
>>>>Amir can answer better than me. I don't know why a given program plays a given
>>>>move at a given moment. Right now I can't check this out because I would have to
>>>>stop playing the remaining matches. Once the tournament will end, in about 2
>>>>weeks, I'll be more than glad to analize this position with J5.
>>>>
>>>>>Another problem is that games are adjudicated too early
>>>>>
>>>>>game 146 between tiger11.7.5 and Rebel10 was adjudicated as a draw in the
>>>>>following position
>>>>>
>>>>>8/7k/3R4/7P/6K1/4b3/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>>
>>>>>Is it a draw by tablebases?
>>>>
>>>>Tiger and Rebel don't use tablebases. I adjudicated this game because no
>>>>progress was being made. Again, I can replay from this position when the
>>>>tournament will be finished.
>>>>
>>>>Enrique
>>>>
>>>>>I think that even if the result is positive the programs should play it because
>>>>>black may do a mistake.
>>>>>
>>>>>The fact that the programs see no plan to win does not prove that it will be a
>>>>>draw.
>>>>>
>>>>>I saw cases when programs succeed in losing dead draw positions.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>The position 8/7k/3R4/7P/6K1/4b3/8/8 w - - 0 1 between Tiger and Rebel10 leads
>>>to a won position in 11 moves as reported by the ken thompson egtb.
>>>
>>>Tiger might or might not find it but there is a definite win.
>>
>>Of course it's a win, but the question is that Tiger won't find it. Take a look
>>at the moves before and you'll see that it doesn't know how to proceed. After
>>the tournament is finished I'll replay the game from this position.
>>
>>Enrique
>
>It may after many moves to push a pawn to avoid repetition or to avoid the 50
>move rule and find the win by this way.
>
>I cannot be sure if tiger finds it and the only way to know is to replay the
>game from the same position with the same history moves.
>
>This is not the only game when I am not sure if the result is a draw.

Alright. Please, try to keep these unclear positions and I'll play them when I
will be done with my tournament.

By the way, I just received confirmation that Fritz 5A (autoplayer) plays that
horrible 50.Ra2 move you mentioned the other day. No hardware problems, no
software problems either. It just plays it...

Enrique

>Uri
>
>Uri



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