Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 07:11:45 11/11/00
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On November 11, 2000 at 09:35:06, Uri Blass wrote: >On November 11, 2000 at 08:24:24, Thorsten Czub wrote: ><snipped> >>the hiarcs of today is the result. >>a knowledge based program, the version 7.32 gets normally outsearchered by the >>latest fritz and junior programs. but hiarcs is still >>very good. > >I disagree here. > >I do not think that Junior outsearches Hiarcs at tournament time control. >I believe that one of the main problems of hiarcs is the hash tables bug. > >I expect hiarcs to have big problems on 1Ghz machine because of it. > >>if you use it on a 1 Ghz machine, it can really be a good tool. > >I am not sure about it. >I think that hiarcs branching factor is bigger in longer time control and it can >be outsearched if you give it fast hardware. > >Uri Hiarcs 7.32 is one of the engines that benefits the least from faster processors, as you can see in the SSDF list if you compare ratings on the AMD 450 and the P200MMX. So on a 1 Ghz machine it will do worse than on a P200, compared to other engines. Besides, Hiarcs has nothing in common with the absurdly called "new paradigm", but neither do Constellation, Mchess or Gambit. Enrique
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