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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 8 Vs S.P. and Crafty 18.14 vs Goliath Light 1.5 ?!

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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