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Subject: Re: Hiarcs9 book

Author: Chessfun

Date: 14:49:42 09/18/03

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On September 18, 2003 at 17:19:51, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On September 18, 2003 at 16:53:52, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>[Event "Blitz:60'+2""]
>>[Site "Barrie"]
>>[Date "????.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "New game"]
>>[Black "Hiarcs 9"]
>>[Result "*"]
>>[PlyCount "53"]
>>[TimeControl "3600+2"]
>>
>>{192MB, XP 2600} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
>>7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4
>>Bd7 14. h4 Rf5 15. h5 gxh5 16. Rxh5 Ne7 17. Rh3 Ng6 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Nxh7 Nxh7
>>20. Qh4 Nf8 21. g4 Ng6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Bh6 Rg8 26.
>>Kd2 f4 27. Rg5 1-0*
>>
>>Hiarcs as can be seen plays 1. e6 and I guess it is a 10% book chance anyway
>>after 16...Ne7 thinks the score pretty even and is lost less than 10 moves
>>later. 16...Ne7 is listed as a book move with 0 games played so why does Hiarcs
>>play it as a book move?, book is optimized.
>>
>>Sarah.
>
>     Hi Sarah
>     There are some funny things with the book. If set to optimise,
>     Hiarcs9 should under no circumstance play 1...e6 (PROB=0) but
>     the same thing can be said to 16... Ne7. No idea what is wrong.
>     I have checked and can only confirm: same behaviour at me.
>     Kurt

You are right about 1...e6 of course Prob 0 yet it does play it optimized.
I have noticed before especially with Shredder 7 that even when the book is set
to optimized that it will play moves that it should not based on the % and
number. I guess same for Hiarcs 9.

Sarah.




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