Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 16:11:42 06/24/99
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On June 24, 1999 at 13:37:54, Albert Silver wrote: >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. Hello Albert, You are absolutely certain that Hiarcs 7.32 retains the hash-tables between moves? I have played against it at 40/2 and I have experimented as you state above by taking back a move and forcing Hiarcs to redo the move; however, I did not get an instantaneous response as apparently you did. It still took Hiarcs a fair amount of time to re-make the move. I wonder what time control you were experimenting with, and if your result was possibly due to a faster time control?> Regards, Mel > 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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