Author: Ian Aston
Date: 12:11:58 05/17/02
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On May 17, 2002 at 13:15:19, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 17, 2002 at 12:24:27, Brian Katz wrote: > >>On May 16, 2002 at 19:03:49, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On May 16, 2002 at 19:00:52, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>These 6 games were played with Nimzo8.ctg and 64 MB hashtable. Average time >>>>control 4 minutes per move. Final score 3.5 to 2.5 in favor of Hiarcs 8. I would >>>>like to continue , but these games are too l o n g. >>>> >>>>I would like to know if other people can get better results using other Opening >>>>Books? Even at shorter time control. >>> >>>PS: I also have Blitz games if you need to compare them later. >>> >>>Pichard. >> >>I recently ran an engine tournament on my 350 MHz Pent II. >>Time control 1/1 hash tables set at 8. I have 384 SD RAM. >>I thought Hiarcs would excel at the longer time controls rather than the shorter >>time controls. This was with the Hiarcs 8 using the CD book. This was before I >>downloaded the new upgrade. Fritz 7 used it's own book of course. >>I was quite suprised with these results. >> >>game 1-1 Eatontown 2002 >> >> 1 2 3 4 5 >>1 Hiarcs 8 **** 0½1½ ½11½ 1111 110½ 11.5/16 >>2 Shredder 6.02 1½0½ **** 0100 001½ 1111 8.5/16 >>3 Shredder 6 ½00½ 1011 **** ½½½1 0010 7.5/16 >>4 Fritz 7 0000 110½ ½½½0 **** 1101 7.0/16 >>5 Crafty 18.14 001½ 0000 1101 0010 **** 5.5/16 >> >> >>In longer time controls Fritz 7 seems to come out quite a bit ahead of Hiarcs 8. >>Too soon to tell. Any similar results out there? > >I have not Hiarcs8 but I am not surprised because Hiarcs was also in the past >relatively better in blitz. > >I see no reason to expect Hiarcs to do better at longer time control. >It has not special search rules for long time control or special evaluation to >know things that cannot be discovered by search(for example fortress positions). > >Uri On the other hand, the programmer says that the Hiarcs 8 search is capable of reaching 1-3 iterations deeper than Hiarcs 7.32. Surely this must count for something at longer time controls. http://www.chessbase.com/catalog/product.asp?pid=112 IA
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