Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 07:48:37 05/12/02
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On May 12, 2002 at 10:37:27, James T. Walker wrote: >On May 12, 2002 at 08:30:08, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>I see that a lot of people are complaining about the poor performance of Hiarcs8 >>vs other programs, but the reason to buy it was NOT because you saw HIARCS 8 >>drawing againsg Deep Blue nor the other top Programs on the SSDF. Face it, the >>reason was because you saw how well it performed against GM Gulko and GM Smirin, >>plus the fact that it was a windows version of what you dreamed Rebel Century of >>being years ago. When Rebel Century is released people again will start their >>engines hoping to see a major improvement, but what you really will get is a >>good solid program just like HIARCS 8 that can play chess at 2700 against GM. >> >>Pichard. > >Nonsense! I purchased Hiarcs 8 because of the reputation of Hiarcs 7.32 which I >own and am very satisfied with. I am now convinced that Hiarcs 8 is a downgrade >and not worthy of spending any money for. The only thing that would change my >mind is an update that makes it play close to the top programs already out >(Fritz 7, Shredder 6, Chess Tiger 14 or Junior 7). As I said before I don't >give a damn how it does vs GM's since I don't own one to play it against. >Hiarcs 7.32 is now 3 years old. I expected a dramatic improvement over Hiarcs >7.32 in the Hiarcs 8 version. It simply is not what was rightfully expected. >It is nothing but a rip off using the previous versions reputation as a selling >point with advertised "improvements". >Jim Sorry James, I know how you feel. When I bought Nimzo 8 I was expecting a dramatic improvement too, but we all felt cheated with NImzo 8 and never saw any patch. Simply put HIARCS 8 close to NIMZO 8 in the same spot collecting dust. Pichard
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