Author: blass uri
Date: 23:05:46 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 21:19:38, Adrian MacNair wrote: >>You must have something wrong in your setup. On your P200MMX with 64MB RAM, how >>big are the hashtables of Junior? My first thought is that they may be too big >>and lots of computing time is wasted in memory swapping. Is your disk spinning >>when Junior plays? >> >>Try the Juniormark, short and long, and post them here. We'll compare them. J5 >>should beat the hell out of Gnu chess (and almost everything else), and this >>26th move makes no sense. Can you post this game? >> >>Enrique > >Thank you for helping me, I appreciate it: > >Ok, first I tell you what my settings are because there a lot of terms I am >unfamiliar with, one of which is a hashtable, which was unnecessary in CM5000. > >- In rated matches, I set strength to 2590 with the unleashed checkbox clicked >- Within engine parameters I played with the threshold and Hash Size but I don't >know what either do. When I maxed the hashtable the engine froze and was unable >to move. I left it at 16MB for the games below. The CD-ROM really whined and >complained though, and at one time the peices would move but a ghost would >remain of them so that there were then two of the same peice. > >Unfortunately I did not save the notation of the previous games so I thought I >would adjust my hashtable to 16MB and play all three again: If you play 10 minutes per game then it is better to use less than 16MB for Junior5. I am sure that Junior5 cannot fill 16MB hash tables in 10/0 games. 8 MB is better and I believe that even 4MB is enough for this time control on pentium200MMX. Junior5 clear the hash tables before every move and it takes time. Uri > >GAME 1 >[White CM5000] >[Black Junior 5.0] >[Time "10/0"] >[Result "1-0 time"] > >1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 dxc4 8.0-0 Be7 >9.Be3 Be6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Rac1 Nd5 12.Bxc4 Bf6 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 >15.Rc5 Qd7 16.Rfc1 Rd8 17.d5 Ne7 18.Qxa7 c6 19.dxc6 Nxc6 (Junior falls behind) >20.Qb6 0-0 21.Qb3 Bd4 22.Rb5 Bxe3 23.fxe3 Rb8 24.Rd1 Qd7 25.Rdd5 Rfe8 26.Rh5 Qe7 >27.Rhc5 Qd7 28.h3 Qe6 29.Qxe6 Rxe6 30.Ng5 Rd6 31.Rb6 h6 32.Ne4 Re6 33.Nc3 g5 >34.Nd5 Kg1 35.g3 Re5 36.Rcb5 Na7 37.Ra5 Nc6 38.Rc5 Ne7 39.e4 Rxe4 (Junior evens) >40.Nc3 Re3 41.Kf2 Re6 42.Rxe6 fxe6 43.Rc7 Kf8 44.Rd7 e5 45.Rd6 Kg7 46.Rb6 Nf5 >47.Re6 Rd8 48.Rxe5 Kf6 49.Rb5 Nd6 50.Rd5 Rf8 51.Ke2 Ke6 52.Rd4 h5 53.g4 h4 >54.Rd3 Nc4 55.Ne4 Ke5 56.Nxg5 Nxb2 57.Rb3 Na4 58.Nf3+ Kf4 59.Nxh4! Re8 (down 2) >60.Kf2 Nc5 61.Rf3+ Ke5 62.Rf5+ Kd6 63.Rh5 Ra8 64.Nf5+ Ke5 65.Ne3+ Kd6 66.Nc4+ >Kc6 67.Ne5+ 1-0 time loss > >Junior was down sufficient material here and position > >GAME 2 > >In the previous match Bowliwi was mated in 24. I wanted to see if the same would >happen again. > >[White Junior 5.0] >[Black Bowliwi Schach (Freeware)] >[Time "10/0"] >[Result "1-0"] > >1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 0-0 8.Nf3 Qb4 >9.Qd3 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Ng5 g6 (prevents Qxh7++) 12.Qh3 h6? (h5 would prevent >attack but program errs) 13.Qxh6 Qxc3+ 14.Kd1 Nf6 15.exf6 Qxd4+ 16.Bd3 Qxd3+ >(Avoiding the inevitable) 17.cxd3 Nc6 18.Qg7++ > >For whatever reason Junior played much better this time. > >GAME 3 > >In the previous match Junior was mated in a poor endgame. > >[White GNU Chess] >[Black Junior 5.0] >[Time "10/0"] >[Result "0-1"] > >1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Be3 Qc7 >9.0-0 Be7 10.f3 0-0 11.Rf2 Ne5 12.Bf4 a6 13.Be2 Qb6 14.Nb3 Ng6 15.Bc1 d5 16.exd5 >Rd8 17.Nd4 Nxd5 18.Na4 Qa7 19.c4 Nf6 20.Be3 e5 21.Nf5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 b6 23.Bxb6 >Qb7 24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Rd8+ Nf8 26.c5 N6d7 27.g3 Nxb6 28.Nxb6 Qxd8 29.Nxa8 Qd4 >30.Nb6 Qxc5 31.Nxc8 Qxc8 32.b3 a5 33.Bc4 Qc5 34.Kg2 Qc6 35.Re2 Nd7 36.h4 Kf8 >37.Bd3 g6 38.Be4 Qd6 39.Rc2 g5 40.Bc6 Qd3 41.Rf2 Nc5 42.Kh2 Qd6 43.Ba8 Qd4 >44.Re2 e4 45.fxe4 fxe4 46.Bc6 Qd1 Rf2+ Ke7 48.Rg2 e3 49.h5 Qxh5+ 50.Kg1 e2 >51.Rf2 e1Q+ 52.Rf1 Qxg3+ 53.Bg2 Qhh2++ 0-1 > >This time Junior mates in 53. > >GAME 4 Rematch >[White Junior 5.0] >[Black CM5000] >[Time "5/0"] >[Result "1-0 time"] > >CM5000 was clearly losing at the time it ended... when played after time CM5000 >lured Junior into a three move repetition which was EXTREMELY weak endgame >playing. > >1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.e5 dxe5 >9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.0-0 f6 14.exf6 exf6 15.c4 >Nb4 16.Be2 Rfe8 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Rae1 f5 19.Be3 Qb4 20.Qc1 Rac8 21.Bd2 Qd6 >22.Bf4 Qd8 23.Be3 f4 24.Bf2 Qd6 25.a4 dxc4 26.Bxc4+ Kf8 27.Ne5 Bf5 28.Qxf4 >Rcd8 29.g4 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Rxe5 31.gxf5 Rxe1 32.Qxd6+ Rxd6 33.Bxe1 Bd4+ >34.Kg2 Kg7 35.Bg3 Rd8 36.fxg6 Kxg6 37.Rf7 b5 38.axb5 Be3 39.Kf3 Bd4 40.Ke4 >Bc5 41.Ke5 Bd4+ 42.Ke6 Re8+ 43.Kd7 Rh8 44.h4 h5 45.Bd6 Bf6 46.Bc5 Bxh4 >47.Bxa7 Rd8+ 48.Kc7 Re8 49.b6 Bg3+ 50.Kd7 Ra8 51.Kc6 h4 52.Kb7 Rj8 53.Rf1 >Kg5 54.Rg1 Kf5 55.Bd3+ Ke6 56.Ra1 TIME 1-0 >h3 57.Bc4+ Ke7 58.Bf1 h2 59.Bg2 Be5 60.Re1 Kf6 61.Rf1+ Ke6 62.Bh1 Rh3 63.b4 Rh4 >64.b5 Rh8 65.Re1 Kf5 66.Re2 Kf6 67.Rf2+ Ke6 68.Re2 Kf6 69.Ra2 Ke6 70.Re2 1/2 1/2 >Three move repetition!
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