Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 18:57:56 01/26/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 19:25:08, James T. Walker wrote: >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 Your right .......I went back over the position and aparently misread the pv both for crafty and Fritz. I even checked it twice before I made the original post....-:) I've only had Fritz just over a week ...that's my story and I'm sticking to it :) TP
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