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Subject: Fritz 5 vs. HIARCS 6.0

Author: Scott Carmichael

Date: 14:02:16 03/17/98


   For the past several weeks I have been playing Fritz 5.0 vs. Hiarcs
6.0 on identical computers, with the same amount of ram allowed for each
(32Mb). I have been testing them manually at various preset time
controls, and have added no powerbooks, or additional data to either
program. The only modification that has been done is to take the
database which is included with Fritz (out of the box, as you say), and
use the import tree feature to include these games in the programs
opening tree. Both programs are installed upon a hard drive, and neither
are interupted unless Fritz 5.0 asks for the endgame tablebases, which
come with the software.
   In these games, Fritz 5.0 has scored an amazing 60% of wins, with
only 7% of all games being drawn. In fact the only program I own which
has scored well against Fritz 5.0 is MChess Pro 5.0, and then only at
games played at G/30 or less.
   Can anyone offer me a plausible explanation as to these results? I
have trusted the SSDF for years, and have maded my purchases according
to the combination of their evaluations and the results of various well
known Comp. vs. Comp. tournaments. It saddens me to think that they have
allowed any manufacturer to ruin the well deserved faith that so many of
us have placed in them over these years.

Thank you for your input,
Scott Carmichael



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