Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 15:13:39 12/25/97
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It is an undocumented feature but Hiarcs 6 has an automatic book learning option which is not accessed by the menus. KK On December 25, 1997 at 15:44:53, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >Hm. My results so far, especially against Nimzo98 are not that good. >In the moment I let Hiarcs6 play vs. Mchess7. >It is the first game and move 27. Hiarcs say -428 and Mchess is still in >book and has not computed much. Opening was b03 alekhine- four pawn's >attack. >I guess this first game is pretty worthless because it only shows me >something about the "beautiful" opening book instead of the strength of >the new engine. >But I let it run some more moves to see how deep the Mchess7 book-line >is. >Now it is the 29. move and Mchess STILL in book. > >On which results or feelings do you extrapolate your : >Mchess7 will be one of the strongest engines sentence ? >If you want i can report more about my games. >In the moment the game is in move 37 and still mcp7 has NOT computed. >Those opening lines will - of course - help the program to be ranked >high in the ssdf-list ... :-) >I have nothing against a nice opening book. But - as this is the first >autoplayer game against a KNOWN opponent program, the way it develops is >not very amusing. I guess there is no doubt that THOSE lines can only >come into a book when autoplayer-results are dumped and merged into a >book. >Only hiarcs6 would have played this line this way, or ? >So those lines are specific. And they "work" only against hiarcs6. >As hiarcs6 is a good high ranked program, this would result in >decreasing of hiarcs6 rating and increasing of mcp7 rating. >I was the one who defended hiarcs6 against killer-book rumours. >I think mcp7 could be a strong chess program. I - on the other hand - >wonder if this is really necessary... >
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