Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:18:57 10/13/99
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On October 13, 1999 at 03:34:11, Shep wrote: >On October 12, 1999 at 13:59:47, Christophe Theron wrote: > > >>>this case 7.5 minutes. In this case I saw instead that Hiarcs, with 1 or 2 >>>minutes left after move 52, used all its time, with the word TIME appearing on >>>its clock. I had never seen this before either. In this 8th game it was lost >>>anyway, but Hiarcs lost on time. >>> >>>Enrique >>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Terry >> >> >>Very human-like, this time management! :) > >I have seen this often, especially in Hiarcs 6. At move 32, its eval drops from >+0.1 to -1.5 and it suddenly uses like 30 minutes for that move, so that only 5 >minutes remain for the last 8 moves. In other words, Hiarcs is the only program >that really gets into time trouble like a human. > >--- >Shep This still sounds like a _serious_ "bug" to me. -1.5 is not absolutely losing by any measure. But 5 minutes for 8 moves probably is losing against a good opponent with way more time. A fine line exists between using just enough time to save yourself, and using too much time and basically leaving the game resignable.
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