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Subject: Re: Two Possible Reasons Why Hiarcs8 is Getting bad reviews

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 14:43:54 05/14/02

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On May 14, 2002 at 10:28:34, James T. Walker wrote:

>On May 14, 2002 at 01:29:59, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>Hiarcs 8 comes with an own, dedicated (! maintained by Eric Hallsworth in >1
>>year) opening book which is already large enough (280MB), there is absolutely no
>>need to download a 500MB book. I have not seen Hiarcs playing badly. Hiarcs
>>sometimes sees a desaster to the own king later than the attacking programs
>>(there are some smart examples I have seen during my running Hiarcs8-GambitTiger
>>2 aggressive match but Hiarcs can keep the edge, at the moment 3.5-3.5) but this
>>is no issue of the opening book.
>>
>>In this regard, where does this 500MB book come from, thinking of copyright? Did
>>someone create it or is this an old powerbook?
>
>Does anyone rember Hiarcs 7.32?  The book was so bad we had to generate another
>book from the Fritz General.ctg book.
>You have not seen Hiarcs playing badly?  Have you looked at any of the 60+ games
>I have posted?
>Jim

No, I haven't had the time, but I have seen 29 of my own games. No problem at
all.
Concerning the book: See other answer.



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