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Subject: Re: What do you consider the best positional program (besides Century 3)?

Author: Paul

Date: 16:06:24 05/03/01

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On May 03, 2001 at 19:00:07, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 03, 2001 at 18:57:26, Paul wrote:
>
>>On May 03, 2001 at 18:41:05, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On May 03, 2001 at 18:37:08, John Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>I had for awhile thought HIARCS 7.32 was considered easily the best, but then I
>>>>read a summary from Cadaques 2000 and it seemed to be thought HIARCS was even
>>>>somewhat dumb positonally. So, what do you think? HIARCS, Shredder 5, Tiger 14,
>>>>Junior 6?
>>>
>>>According to one test suite:
>>>http://home.interact.se/~w100107/fentest.htm
>>>
>>>These are the top ten:
>>>AnMon 5.07 AMD K6-2 450
>>>SOS AMD K6-2 450
>>>Rebel 10b AMD K6-2 450
>>>Nimzo 3 P90
>>>Rebel Gambit II AMD K6-2 450
>>>Rebel Tiger 14 AMD K6-2 450
>>>Nimzo 3.5 P90
>>>Hiarcs 7.32 AMD K6-2 450
>>>Shredder 4 AMD K6-2 450
>>>Phalanx XXII AMD K6-2 450
>>
>>Quite a coincidence ... I just mentioned this test in the CCR test thread.
>>
>>Somehow I think that that test is not very meaningful; I posted the results of
>>my Pretz March last year (when it had very little positional knowledge) at 1
>>minute per position (iso the required 15'/p):
>>
>>Score: 129 (5 10 10 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 0 5 10 7)
>>
>>"Champion" Paul
>
>Maybe your program really is the best positional program on earth.

Ha!

>How does it do in the quiet moves in general?

That quite a general question .. hard to answer. But I will say that it's no
highflyer positionally (darn ... it just bit me again), I like to tweak my
search for tactics & mates, not the eval ... :(

>How does it do on LCT II?

Dunno ... never tested that one, looks too difficult for now! :)

Paul



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