Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 00:36:27 09/14/03
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On September 14, 2003 at 02:55:37, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>Hi Kurt,
>
>One of my Computer has played hundreds of 10 second games Hiarcs9 against
>Hiarcs8 Bareev with tournament book option checked in the new Hiarcs 9 GUI. This
>is possible if you set time control 0 min + 0 increment.
>
>Dont worry, only to test the book of course.
>
>:-)
>
>My first impression is : The book is horrible.
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "New Game"]
>[Black "Hiarcs 9"]
>[Result "*"]
>[PlyCount "10"]
>
>1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 *
>
>It plays 5...Nc6 out of book. A move with a bad reputation.
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "New game"]
>[Black "Hiarcs 9"]
>[Result "*"]
>[PlyCount "12"]
>
>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 *
>
>6...Nf6? is a tournament move. Black is practically lost after this move.
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "New game"]
>[Black "Hiarcs 9"]
>[Result "*"]
>[PlyCount "11"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bf4 *
>
>Hiarcs 9 tournament book plays unusual lines in the Morra-Gambit.
>Very bad idea IMO.
>
>I could give many more examples.
>In the book are many unusual lines marked as tournament moves.
>Therfore they are often harmless or even bad.
>
>The engine seems to be very strong.
>Forget about the Hiarcs9.ctg and use your own books if possible.
>My prediction is: Hiarcs 9 will not get the rating it deserves at SSDF unless
>they are allowed to test with another book.
>
>Michael
Hi Michael
You are not the first one to claim that the Hiarcs9.ctg
would not be a good book. Peter Ackermann at the
Schachwerkstatt-Forum http://f50.parsimony.net/forum202220/
found some other bad lines. I am not a book expert and
have so far not studied things more deeple. If both of
you are right, it would be a pity for the very strong
engine of Mark Uniacke as his engine would indeed not
get the rating it deserves at SSDF. But perhaps is the
book learning excellent so that our fear is not fully
justified.
Kurt
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