Author: pavel
Date: 10:02:08 09/26/00
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On September 26, 2000 at 04:47:36, Chessfun wrote: >On September 26, 2000 at 04:16:22, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I have Hiarcs7.32 with the upgrade patch for it's book and Hiarc's will never >>play 1.d4 d5 (2.Bg5) on its second move with white. I looked in hiarcs book and >>observed that this move is there but the probability to play it is "0". > > >Sorry but with normal book settings as loaded, the possibility is 1.1%. >not 0. Plus in the specific game you refer to game 3 Hiarcs claims itself >to be winning by 0.16 out of book. > > >>Also, i noticed some of the games Hiarcs is coming out of the opening poorly,so >>it must be its lousey book that is the blame for its poor play in those games! > > >You didn't look close enough, Hiarcs comes out of book better in a majority of >games. > >Here is what Hiarcs thinks of the 11 positions after book. > > Score Hiarcs W/L >[Annotator "-0.10"] White Losing >[Annotator "-0.20"] Black Winning >[Annotator "0.16"] White Winning >[Annotator "-0.76"] Black Winning big >[Annotator "0.12"] White Winning >[Annotator "0.19"] Black Losing >[Annotator "-0.21"] White Losing >[Annotator "0.45"] Black Losing >[Annotator "0.65"] White Winning Big >[Annotator "-0.03"] Black Winning >[Annotator "0.41"] White Winning > >So we have Hiarcs +7 -4 most of these are minimal. >The two biggest margins out of book more than +0.5 went >to Hiarcs games 4 and 9 and Hiarcs lost 4 and drew 9. > >I see nothing here that indicates that Hiarcs lost due to book. > > >>Then another point is that almost anything can happen in just a few games played > >If you read my original statement "Regardless of the time controls/number >of games etc the score is very impressive". I agree anything can happen in a few >games but in this case this is what happened. > > >Thanks. >Sarah. well said !! I really like when people mentions things like "Regardless of the time controls/number of games etc the score is very impressive". it clear things up and also let us know that the operator is aware of such condition. If you would have said something like "tiger is unbeatble" or "tiger is -a lot- better than hiarcs". Then there could have been a space for arguments... good luck with your tests, and thanks for postng the games. Pavel
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