Author: James T. Walker
Date: 08:39:24 05/10/02
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On May 09, 2002 at 08:09:05, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On May 09, 2002 at 07:33:11, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Last night I played Hiarcs 8 vs Shredder Paderborn @ Game/60 minutes. Final >>score was S.P. winning by 8.5-3.5. > >Just out of curiosity 12 games at G/60 requires at least 20 hours and at the >most 24 hours. That was the longest night that I have seen. :!). > >Pichard. > > >>Here are the scores of 3 matches so far by Hiarcs 8: >> >>Hiarcs 8 vs Fritz 7 4-8 >>Hiarcs 8 vs Junior 7 6-6 >>Hiarcs 8 vs S.P. 3.5-8.5 >>Total 13.5-22.5 >> >>These 36 games put Hiarcs 8 at #20 on my database Elo list behind such notables >>as Crafty 18.13 and Fritz 5.32. I am tempted to do the unthinkable and play >>Hiarcs 8 vs Hiarcs 7.32 but It's now Tigers turn to face the new monster!? > >Plus your database is only based on Blitz games NOT at standard time control. I >strongly believe that NOT too many program can compete against Hiarcs 8 using >time control equal or longer than the SSDF time control. Also Hiarcs 8 and Rebel >Century might benefit more than any other program against human using standard >time control, probably Rebel Century and Hiarcs 8 might be the only two programs >that can compete well against human GM at longer time control. > >Pichard. Hi Jorge, First of all Game/60 minutes is not really blitz even though it is a sudden death game. Do you really believe that 1 or 2 more ply will make Hiarcs come to life and do nothing for it's opponents??? Hiarcs is hitting 11-14 ply typically at this time control. It is also out searched by all other programs at any time control. (Except maybe by CSTal II) As a matter of fact it reminds me of CSTal II since it's moves look good on the surface but it's score against computers is usually on a downward trend. As for play vs Humans you can only speculate. The 2 games played mean literally nothing. I will let the SSDF test it at 40/2 as usual. As a final note I did not buy Hiarcs to play it against GMs since I don't own any GMs. Regards, Jim
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