Author: George Sobala
Date: 06:53:31 05/03/02
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On May 03, 2002 at 03:29:44, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On May 03, 2002 at 02:53:25, George Sobala wrote: > >>My very preliminary and unscientific assessment of Hiarcs8: the engine possesses >>certain human-like qualities when playing against other engines, (Fritz 6 to be >>precise) >> >>That is: >> >>1. It does better the longer the time control. >> >>2. It does not do well (+5 -9 =7) in a match (20+0) from the Nunn2 positions - >>which are tactically sharp. It does much better when playing from its opening >>book. > >Why should the inability of Hiarcs8 to understand the Nunn2 positions be a prove >of human-like quality? If so, the contrary is the case, since an average human >player is more or less able to find a sound plan in the Nunn2 positions even he >does not know the opening. >Kurt I see your point. But as a human - what sort of position against Fritz would you prefer, or expect to do better with - a tactically sharp one or a positional one? It is interesting how poorly Hiarcs8 seemed to do against Fritz6 in the Nunn2 positions - to compare with the above result, Hiarcs just achieved +8 -3 =0 against Fritz6 on the same machine (Duron 800), but this time both engines used their own opening books (at 10+0, though). Perhaps Fritz6 is better in seeing its way through tactically complex positions, Hiarcs prefers to accumulate small advantages. Of course the first match result could have been a statistical freak.
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