Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 09:14:17 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
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It's interesting to note that when a program does very well against other
programs that the first thing mentioned is that the winning program needs many
games, perhaps hundreds to make any determination of it's strength or weakness!
Well, my opinion is that there are too few games to jump to any conclusions on
how strong or weak Hiarcs 8 really is. Play 200 or 300 games and then your
assumptions will be better justified!
Best Regards,
Terry
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