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Subject: Re: If Hiarcs 8 is improved by 100 rating points...

Author: Jorge

Date: 06:08:33 04/23/02

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On April 23, 2002 at 04:50:53, stuart taylor wrote:

>On April 23, 2002 at 04:35:44, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>Uri,
>>
>>>The difference between the release time of Hiarcs8 and the previous version is
>>>similiar to the difference between the release time of Fritz7 and Fritz5.32
>>>
>>>I see no reason to assume that similiar impeovement is impossible.
>>>We need to wait and see.
>>
>>I agree.
>>
>>One point I would make is that Mark Uniacke has another full-time job working
>>for Nortel Systems and a young family.  I know from what Eric Hallsworth has
>>said in Selective Search that Mark hasn't had as much time over the last three
>>years to work on HIARCS as he would have liked.  This is in contrast to Frans
>>Morsch who spend 100% of his time developing Fritz.
>>
>>Having said all of that let's not rule out a spectacular increase in strength as
>>Mark is clearly a talented programmer.  According to Eric, ChessBase have Hiarcs
>>8 second only to Fritz 7 and approximately equal in strength to the Tigers!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Steve
>That would be a pity as it would not make many people want to bother to buy the
>Hiarcs.
>S.Taylor

Maybe that's part of the reason why it took so long for the new HIARCS to come
along. I'm sure it will be a fantastic engine either way!

regards,
jorge




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