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Subject: Re: First games with Hiarcs 9.....long post

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 09:11:07 09/11/03

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On September 11, 2003 at 11:52:49, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On September 11, 2003 at 10:57:14, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>On September 11, 2003 at 10:42:57, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>The 5 3 games were played on a PIV 2.0 Ghz using 256 megs of ram for hash
>>>tables, and the 60 10 games were played on a PIV 2.8ghz with the same hash
>>>tables. Somnus is Hiarcs 9, epanek is Deep Sjeng 1.5, and Crafty is of course
>>>Crafty. Hiarcs scored +2 =4 -7. One thing I did notice is it is a slow engine,
>>>averaging 190knps on the 2.0 ghz machine, and 249knps on the 2.8 machine. The
>>>other thing I noticed is that it came out of book very quickly in almost every
>>>game. Usually around move 9.
>>
>>Interestingly bad score for Hiarcs 9!
>>
>>Just a few questions. Do you know What hardware the other programs where running
>>on?
>>How do you run CB engines on ICC? Manual input or is there a way to use CB
>>engines automaticly on ICC?
>>The rating suddenly does a jump from 2300++ range to the 2800++ range. So I
>>suppose there must have been some other games in between?
>>
>>Torstein
>
>The reason there is a rating jump is there are two different time controls here.
>One is blitz 5 3 the other is "standard" 60 10. That is the reason for the
>rating difference.
>
>I use the Ebbi adapter to automate play on the ICC server.
>
>Most of the other programs are dual machines. Crafty is a dual xeon 2.8 ghz,
>epanek is a dual ahtlon something... I am just a single processor machine.
>
>Peter.


Something else to consider is that I think Bob may still be tuning 19.4.  He may
have introduced improvements (or sqaushed bugs) that have strengthened his
program.  I've noticed that the program that gives Crafty the most problems
nowadays is Shredder 7.04, not Hiarcs.

MH



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