Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:45:30 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 03:11:31, Shep wrote: >On August 31, 1999 at 12:28:19, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On August 31, 1999 at 10:33:09, Shep wrote: >> >>>>Hiarcs7.32 and IIRC The King. I'll look it up and send the games to you if you >>>>want. >> >>IIRC ? >> >>>Occasionally, CSTal produces very good games against Hiarcs even without >>>Thorsten's special style - tomorrow I'll post the CST-Hiarcs game from SC 99 >>>which will finish today (have to play some more moves before adjudicating it). >>>Includes a nice pawn sacrifice for a strong attack - and this time, the attack >>>did not just die and leave CST losing. :) >>> >>>--- >>>Shep >> >>CSTal has no problem with hiarcs in 40/120. >>it is the same reason it wins against nimzo. >>both have king-safety problems. > >I wouldn't call drawing a "won" game 'no problem'. :) >In fact, CSTal only drawed the match after being up to +7 (Hiarcs -2,6)... >It was a match similar to the first (?) Kaspy-DB game where both sides had >simultaneous mate threats. >Will post it soon (was too late yesterday). > >--- >Shep +7 is not unusual... and it doesn't mean 'won' in this context. I have played CSTal a _bunch_ of games on ICC and FICS, and see these big evals all the time... not uncommon is +3.5 for CST, +.2 for Crafty... or something similar. I have seen a couple of versions that were less speculative and they seemed to play stronger. When you go too far with this +7 stuff you end up +10 positional, -3 material, and that can be fatal. At least when playing a fast searcher...
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