Author: Ron Langeveld
Date: 18:24:48 05/31/02
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On May 31, 2002 at 18:41:41, pavel wrote: >On May 31, 2002 at 18:27:58, Ron Langeveld wrote: > >>On May 31, 2002 at 06:50:56, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>For me, the experiment is over. Hiarcs does not look especially great at higher >>>time controls. Even if it would win a match like this (although it is looking a >>>bit doubtful) it is clear that it does not excell at this time allowance. >>> Maybe at an hour per move it would, but the indications for that are also >>>nothing special, as this is not showing any movement in that direction either. >>> >>>So, in spite of the one or two brilliances which Hiarcs 8.0 might be capable >>>of, as written about in Uniaks article, I don't know if I want to buy it for >>>that alone. >>>S.Taylor >> >>Too bad you are only looking at "statistics" from 5 (?) games instead of using >>your own knowledge of chess in order to evaluate what Hiarcs' strongpoints are. >>Imho it is not the tournament book, because that really sucks, so for starters >>it should have been replaced. > > >According to the hiarcs8 team the tournament book is the best choice, so I dont >see any reason not to believe them. I can imagine why they say that, because it takes a lot of time to make a tuned book. My point however is that I urge people to take a closer look at the mainlines of this tournament book and compare it with current theory mainlines. My opnion is that the tournament book is not ambitious enough in the sense that it avoids critical lines, and the reason why is just a guessing game. Maybe chosing sidelines, accepting a lesser position compared to critical lines, is a way to save time in the huge task of completing an "allround" book. Remember that some of the better bookmakers have years of experience to benefit from, and there is no easy way to catch up; just hard work. Again, avoiding the mainlines as an alternative is, imho, very counterproductive for Hiarcs. I even think that using no book at all is better than using the tournament book, if it weren't for the increased risk of repeated losses. As a last note: I noticed that in chosing a lesser alternative move Hiarcs, most of the times does not agree with the bookmakers decision. This indicates that the book is not "tuned" at all. I don't have more to say on this topic. These are my observations, and if anybody cares, they should take a closer look themselves and draw their own conclusions.
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