Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:25:08 01/26/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 15:41:49, Chessfun wrote: >On January 26, 2000 at 14:33:41, Ernst A. Heinz wrote: > >>On January 26, 2000 at 11:01:21, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 2000 at 09:42:03, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>Wow, the above was done with 16 Meg hash tables. I had Chess Tiger set up for >>>>blitz with only 16 Meg. When I tried again with 128 Meg hash tables here is >>>>what happens. Chess Tiger starts out with a big plus score of almost 3 points >>>>which starts dropping almost instantly. Tiger is playing Kh7 like most other >>>>programs at this point. Chess Tiger hits the 3rd move in the 14th ply at about >>>>54 seconds which is Kh6. It studies this move untill 2:14 when it changes to >>>>actually play Kh6. So in tournament time this is no problem for the Tiger. >>>>Jim Walker >>> >>>That is impressive. The only other program that anyone is reporting to have >>>solved this one is Hiarcs. Traditionally even simpler endgame problems than >>>these seemed to give computers a tough time. How are they now solving them? >> >>"DarkThought WCCC'99" smells the trouble after roughly 2 minutes >>(fail low on Kh7). But then it needs another 7 minutes to change >>to Kh6. Finally, after 29 minutes it resolves Kh6! as a draw. >> >>=Ernst= > >In this message http://www.icdchess.com/ccc/message.html?91976 >and thread Terry claims his F6a finds this instantly. >Mine don't even get close. >Anyone else try there F6, also read the above post and thread. >Thanks I don't believe it. I tried every version of Fritz I have and none of them come close. Jim Walker
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