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Subject: Re: HIARCS 8 vs Fritz 7 @ 120'/30+120'/30+30' Hiarcs 8 winning 2-0

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 20:04:58 05/12/02

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On May 12, 2002 at 22:50:05, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On May 12, 2002 at 22:21:41, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>I started a long long time control match of approximately 4 minutes per move and
>>HIARCS 8 is winning 2 games and ZERO lost so far, against one of the very best
>>program available Fritz 7. It seems to me that HIARCS 8 is an excellent program
>>at longer time control and could also be used wisely in correspondence.
>>
>>PS: Once the newer Pentium 3.0 Ghz becomes available this program will be among
>>the very best available , and that could be in another 6 six months.
>>
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>This is my theory, but no one buys it! It's "Common Sense" IMO. Regardless how
>fast a programme may be it will hit a "Wall" with iterative deepening as the
>tree grows larger exponentially. So Hiarcs will catch up over time, regardless
>of it's slow node count (slowest I've Seen) and lower iterations  in fast games.
>
>Time will tell;)
>
> Terry

And no, I don't propose that Hiarcs a superior "Branching Factor", but I think
it requires more speed/time to reach it's potential.

This is a handicap in fast games and slow computers.

Terry



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