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Subject: Re: Tournament update

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 06:48:42 01/19/99

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On January 19, 1999 at 09:04:52, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On January 19, 1999 at 06:03:59, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>Nimzo 99a and Shredder 3 tied 5-5. Next match, Shredder 3 - Genius 6.
>>
>>Two PII-400/256, auto232, 40 moves in 40 minutes.
>>
>>        H7   J5    M8   T11   F532 R10   F5  N99a   G6   CR   S3  TOTAL  Elo
>>H7(*)  ---   4    3.5    4    4.5   7    8   6.5    8   7.5   6   59.0    59
>>J5      6   ---    6    6.5   5.5   5   4.5   5    3.5  8.5  5.5  56.0    38
>>M8     6.5   4    ---   5.5   3.5  5.5   5    7    6.5   7   5.5  56.0    38
>>Ti      6   3.5   4.5   ---    5    6   5.5  6.5    6    7   5.5  55.5    36
>>F532   5.5  4.5   6.5    5    ---   4   4.5   5     7    7   6.5  55.5    36
>>R10     3    5    4.5    4     6   ---  5.5   5     6   5.5   4   48.5    -9
>>F5      2   5.5    5    4.5   5.5  4.5  ---   4    5.5   8    4   48.5    -9
>>N99a   3.5   5     3    3.5    5    5    6   ---   5.5  6.5   5   48.0   -12
>>G6      2   6.5   3.5    4     3    4   4.5  4.5   ---   4        36.0   -63
>>CR(**) 2.5  1.5    3     3     3   4.5   2   3.5    6   ---       29.0  -116
>>S3      4   4.5   4.5   4.5   3.5   6    6    5               --- 38.0     0
>>
>>(*) A beta version of Hiarcs 7 with an alpha opening book played in the matches
>>against Junior 5, Tiger 11.7.5, Mchess 8, Rebel 10 and Fritz 5.
>>
>>(**) Crafty 16.1 is playing as an engine for Nimzo 99. Because of a bug in the
>>interface, Crafty clears its hashtables after every move it makes and therefore
>>it is playing handicapped in this tournament.
>
>This is in fact true for all of the chessbase engines.

Nope...

 BTW, I wouldn't call it
>"bug" because it's a - may be unfortunate - design decision for the gui.

It is a bug. Crafty 16.3 doesn't clear hashtables with new move. What you say
applies to engine-engine playing within Fritz (or Junior, or Nimzo), but not
when playing on separate machines through auto232, as in my tournament.

Enrique

>Regards, Uli
>
>>
>>Enrique



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