Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:37:54 06/24/99
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On June 24, 1999 at 13:18:03, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>I have been playing games at 40/2 against Hiarcs 7.32 optimized for the best
>settings. I have noticed that on numerous occasions even when I played the move
>expected by Hiarcs, the program took around 10 minutes to respond. I find it
>difficult to understand why it should have taken Hiarcs that long to respond to
>a move it expected.
>
>How do we really know that Hiarcs 7.32 retains the hash-tables between moves? Do
>you see the hash-table info on the screen?
No, but it does retain the hash-tables. My problem with it is that if i go back
a move it will play it instantly without clearing the hash-tables. Ex: I submit
a position for it to ponder. It produces the move. Fine, now suppose I wanted to
time it properly. If I let it play it's planned move (which it took 5 minutes to
choose) and then go back and ask it to think again, the move will appear
immediately as it's prime candidate. In order to clear the hash tables I have to
have it compute a different position and then come back.
Albert Silver
> Does it say that in the manual on the
>CD? The manual on the CD is the manual for Fritz 5.32. Are you certain this is
>in fact Hiarcs 7.32?
>
>
>As someone well-respected here often says: "Show me proof".
>
>Furthermore, all this talk about tablebases makes we wonder. I placed the CD
>under my breakfast table and it only supported one leg! I would need 3 more
>Hiarcs CD's to have full capability to support my breakfast table. Therefore, I
>conclude that Hiarcs tablebases are not only incomplete, but also not very
>practical.
>
>Any comments to the above will be given the utmost consideration. Please - only
>well-informed sources should reply. I will respect all opinions which disagree
>with mine even though they are wrong.
>
>Regards,
>Mel
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