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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 15:21:04 05/14/02

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On May 14, 2002 at 17:43:54, Harald Faber wrote:

>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.

Good point, there is nothing wrong with the updated version:

http://www.chessbase.com/download/index.asp?cat=Hiarcs+7%2E32



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