Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:58:22 06/17/99
I finished my first 200 games today between Fritz 5.32 and Hiarcs 7.32. The games were played at game/5min. They were run using auto232 operation. Fritz had a K6-2-400 for 100 games and then swapped and took the PII 333 for the second 100 games and vice versa. Fritz used the F5 opening book and Hiarcs used it's own book. Hiarcs had all 3/4 man tablebases plus the 5man tablebases supplied on the CD plus about 10 more 5 man tablebases. (I don't have them all) Fritz won the match 106.5-93.5 indicating about a 22 point superiority at blitz. Of course only 200 games leaves some doubt and I will run another set later but now I want to play 200 games with Hiarcs 7.32 vs Junior 5.0. By the way Hiarcs turned at least one win into a draw because of the tablebases. It was a KPPKP endgame which is supplied with the Hiarcs CD. The problem is there is no KQPKP tablebase so when Hiarcs got the pawn to the 2nd rank (With Black) it did not know how to win the game and got stuck in 3 time rep with Mate in 7 showing in the window?! I had this same problem with another program which prompted a question a few weeks ago. Bob Hyatt says that the only way to use the tablebases is to have them all. I believe it but apparently some programmers do not. At a minimum you need the promotion tablebases if you have the pawn tablebases. Jim Walker
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