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Subject: Re: fritz once again leads from the front in the fight against the human rac

Author: eric guttenberg

Date: 09:35:21 07/02/99

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Peter,

It isn't really that Hiarcs is "pondering" since neither program can think on
its opponent's time but the effect is much the same.
As was discussed in an earlier thread, H7.32 does not clear its hash tables
after each moves so if it correctly "predicts" F5.32's move, H7.32 will
pick up where it left off in its analysis from the previous move, which
will result in a deeper search. So it is not a bug but rather a feature of
H7.32 that gives it a boost in one-computer games over F5.32.
This at least is the theory presented by Jim Walker.  In any event, the
results speak for themselves.  There is a difference between one-computer
game results and two computer game results as to these 2 programs,
whatever the reason.

eric



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