Author: Aloisio Ponti Lopes
Date: 19:05:35 11/07/00
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I think Hiarcs 7.32 is stronger in Blitz and standard chess also. I run Millenium's Nimzo 2000-b (not the same version, of course - I think Nimzo 7.32 is a better version) at my local FICS server (jogo.cex.org.br), and it is currently rated 2620 at Blitz, being the #1 in the blitz list at this server... (the #2 is Shredder, #3 is Crafty 17.13). I think Nimzo is a great blitzer, although it sometimes loses on time, specially in bullet or 3 0 blitz. Playing 5 0 it is a really strong opponent if you have good hardware. The opening book is very well suited for Nimzo's style of play. I use the standard book, but there are other options... In my home tournaments with the old book Hiarcs had some trouble, specially against Fritz 6 light. For correspondence chess I suggest Rebel or Shredder, as they have more built-in knowledge... and Hiarcs is a *very* slow searcher. Shredder seems to use tablebases better than Hiarcs, but that's only a slight difference... of course there are some programs that I believe do not use tablebases 100% correctly... My opinion:I would buy both of them. Great programs! A. Ponti
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