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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 8 wins vs Shredder 6 (Blitz results)

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 06:13:17 05/15/02

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On May 15, 2002 at 08:47:36, Chessfun wrote:

>On May 15, 2002 at 08:17:54, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Since yesterday I have been playing Hiarcs 8 in blitz games.  I started with
>>Fritz 7 as the opponent and after 22 games Fritz was ahead by 15-7 which is
>>about the same performance I was getting at G/60.  After more games the score
>>was 41.5-24.5.  So the score was improving slightly.  I then switched to
>>Shredder 6 (original Chessbase version).  Hiarcs 8 won by 34-26.  This is the
>>first win I have had by Hiarcs 8.  Maybe things are getting better?  The only
>>thing different is that I switched to the Hiarcs 8 GUI instead of the Junior 7
>>GUI.  This was done before the Fritz 7 match.  I hate the new Chessbase GUI
>>because it has so many bugs.  If it makes Hiarcs 8 play better then I will live
>>with it at least while using Hiarcs 8.  Many more games are needed to see if
>>this is actually the problem I have been having.  For the moment I can only keep
>>my fingers crossed.
>>Jim
>
>
>I don't think running the engine in another GUI would cause a problem. I guess
>it's possible it may not use the book correctly, but would assume engine output
>is engine output.
>
>Currently I've had Hiarcs 8 running in my lightning 1/1 tournament currently it
>stands with 505/818 with losing scores so far only against Fritz 7 and
>ChessTiger 14. It has a tie score with Gambit 18/36 and Deep Fritz and a small
>plus 18/35 against Hiarcs 7.32.
>
>Sarah.

Hello Sarah,
Yes, it's my only hope that the problem is Hiarcs 8 does not read the book
correctly in the Junior 7 GUI.  I don't believe the engine is playing
differently or at different NPS.
Jim



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