Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:46:48 11/19/00
We are indeed seeing the new upcoming generation of chess programs (ready for 2001) losing many games to the outgoing generation (2000). And during the past year, we have often seen, even many games sometimes being won by the 1999 program aginst a 2000 one. But normally the newer generation wins slightly more. Maybe that is largely because they were tested over and over again, to make sure of that, before they were ever released. But how about testing 2001 programs against 1999 ones. Can we be sure that 2001 would win a vast majority, or even more important, atleast, never be convincingly beaten, even if it has to lose the occasional game (against a 1999 version)? Hiarcs, by the way, as far as I understand, is a 1998 program. 7.0, 7.01, and 7.32 are the exact same program, and it still holds its own quite well today (it would even be compatible with 2001), but it's getting on the lower end, whereas in 1998 it was on the top of many rating lists. But how is this exactly? and with 1999 in general? Maybe Hiarcs 7.** will not be rendered helpless, even by the top programs in 2005! S.Taylor
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