Author: Chessfun
Date: 04:35:00 05/11/02
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On May 10, 2002 at 19:30:04, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On May 10, 2002 at 11:59:38, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello Jorge, >>Why the strange time control? Starting with 3min/move then 6min/move then rest >>in 30' ?? Do you believe this gives Hiarcs 8 an advantage? >>Jim > >Tonight I will select Long Game, then 2 hours under Engine Match, and post the >result tomorrow. > >I agree with Terry when he stated that: > >I think part of Hiarcs 8's problem, if not it's main problem, is that it's a >_slow_ searcher and should be tested at slower time controls, such as 40/2hrs. >At slower T/C's it should slowly catch up on search as the tree widens at every >iteration, which will start to slow up the faster searchers like Fritz or >Junior, as Hiarcs 8 like the "proverbial tortoise" over time will reach >sufficient depths to compensate for it's weakness, IMO How does that explain Tigers performance at fast time controls. It also is a slow searcher compared to say Fritz? Also how do you explain that Hiarcs 7.32 is a strong lightning/blitz program?. Sarah.
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