Author: Hans Havermann
Date: 16:45:14 12/23/97
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On December 23, 1997 at 01:00:06, Willie Wood wrote: >Was this game played on the same machine? If so, what did you do about >permanent brain settings? Same-machine games are a problem because if >you disable perm brain, the programs are not performing as intended, and >if you enable it, then there's the time-sharing interference problem >(esp on the mac, w/o true multi-tasking). Yes, it was played on the same machine. Permanent Brain was *on* for HIARCS. I don't know what HIARCS can or cannot do on the Macintosh... Then again, I don't know what MacChess can or cannot do. This was not meant as an encounter between equals. I bought HIARCS for its reputed chess-smarts. I use MacChess because of its solid Macintosh look and feel. HIARCS cost me $135 US plus. MacChess is free. HIARCS' hash table size is fixed. MacChess enjoys the luxury of a 32MB transposition table. In the eight games I've refereed between them, HIARCS has won three, MacChess, none. Is the contest fair? I doubt that it *can* be fair. That not the point of this exercise. >Do you find a significant difference between MacChess 3 and 4? Wim has added nearly 8,000 moves to the opening book and more knowledge of simple endings. One might have to play an awful lot of games (perhaps) to notice. :-)
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