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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 8 ! - How good are the test results?

Author: Chessfun

Date: 19:51:30 04/22/02

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On April 22, 2002 at 20:06:00, Tina Long wrote:

>On April 22, 2002 at 17:33:11, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/catalog/product.asp?pid=112
>
>Thanks for the link Jorge.  An excellent first-hand article that gives an
>insight into the Author and his priorities;  and how to "tune" the engine for
>particular requirements.
>
>The article gives 4 test positions, and although they were probably selected as
>examples of where Hiarcs plays best, it would be interesting to see how other
>engines compare with the H8 results.
>
>I would apreciate anyone who has tried them posting their results.
>
>I put $100AU in Daddys credit card account months ago for H8 & I can hardly wait
>for Steve (my new preferred suplier) to get it for me.
>
>Cheers Guys,
>Tina Long


I only see three positions not four.

It states about position One;
"I tested Fritz7, Junior7, Chess Tiger 14 and Shredder5.32 (I haven't got
Shredder 6) and none find the move in three minutes."

All TB @1400 Mhz, 16 mb hash.

Position One.
1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by CMFun:
1.b6+ Kxb6 2.Nd7+ Qxd7 3.Qxd7 Nxc4 4.Qd5 Na3 5.Qe6+ c6 6.gxh6 Nb5 7.Qxe7
  +-  (8.09)   Depth: 8   00:00:16  3676kN

Analysis by CM WS:
1.b6+ Kxb6 2.Nd7+ Qxd7 3.Qxd7 Nxc4 4.Qd5 Na3 5.Qe6+ c6 6.Qxe7 Nc4 7.gxh6
  +-  (6.05)   Depth: 8   00:00:19  4187kN

Analysis by Cm8777:
1.b6+ Kxb6 2.Nd7+ Qxd7 3.Qxd7 Nxc4 4.Qd5 Na3 5.Qe6+ c6 6.Qxe7 Nc4 7.gxh6
  +-  (7.37)   Depth: 8   00:00:16  3611kN

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Position Two.
8/pR4pk/1b6/2p5/N1p5/8/PP1r2PP/6K1 b - - 0 1

Analysis by CMFun:
1...c3 2.bxc3 Rxa2 3.Nxb6 axb6 4.Rxb6 Ra3 5.c4 Ra4 6.Rc6 Rxc4 7.Kf2 Rc2+ 8.Kf3
c4 9.Rc7 Kg6
  =  (0.13)   Depth: 13   00:02:44  36366kN
Rxb2 Not found in 10 minutes.

Analysis by CM WS:
1...Rxb2 2.Nc3 Rc2 3.Ne4 c3 4.Kf1 c4 5.Re7 Rc1+ 6.Ke2 Rg1 7.Nxc3 Rxg2+ 8.Kd1
Rxh2 9.Ne2 Rg2
  -+  (-2.43)   Depth: 13   00:04:38  62725kN

Analysis by Cm8777:
1...c3 2.bxc3 Rxa2 3.Nxb6 axb6 4.Rxb6 Ra3 5.c4 Rc3 6.Kf2 Rxc4 7.Rc6 Rc2+ 8.Kf3
c4 9.Rc7 Kg6
  =  (-0.02)   Depth: 13   00:02:29  32818kN
Rxb2 Not found in 10 minutes.

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Position Three.
3r1rk1/p1q2ppp/3bb3/3pB3/1p6/2P2Q1P/PPB2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by CMFun:
1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qg5+ Kh8 5.Rd4 Bf5 6.Qxf5 Bh2+ 7.Kh1 Rg8
8.g3 bxc3 9.Rh4+ Kg7 10.Kxh2 cxb2 11.Qg5+ Kf8 12.Qh6+ Rg7 13.Qh8+ Rg8 14.Qxb2
  +-  (1.64)   Depth: 9   00:00:26  4997kN

Analysis by CM WS:
1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qg5+ Kh8 5.Rd4 Qc4 6.Rxc4 dxc4 7.Qh6+ Kg8
8.cxb4 Bxb4
  ±  (1.16)   Depth: 7   00:00:02  361kN

Analysis by Cm8777:
1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3.Bxg7 Kxg7 4.Qg5+ Kh8 5.Rd4 Bf5 6.Qxf5 Bh2+ 7.Kh1 Rg8
8.g3 bxc3 9.Qf6+ Rg7 10.Rh4+ Kg8 11.Kxh2 cxb2 12.Qxb2
  +-  (2.00)   Depth: 9   00:00:28  5400kN

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Sarah.



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