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Subject: Re: Any news on the Strength of Hiarcs 9?

Author: Tomas Casanovas Martinez

Date: 23:45:09 09/20/03

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On September 20, 2003 at 12:44:38, David Mays wrote:

>  I think this engine has only been out for a Week but I haven't heard any news
>on it, any results, matches, ect, is it a big improvemnt over hiarcs8? Any info
>would be helpful thanks.

My first experiences with Hiarcs 9 at blitz were not satisfactory. Defeats
against Junior 8 at 5 and 10 minutes/game. 12-8 and 11,5-8,5.

My feeling about the program radically changed when I played ten long
(Tournament) games against Shredder 7.04.  In my opinion (ELO 2100) the quality
of the games was excellent and the match finished with 4 wins for each engine
and only 2 draws. It is clear that only 10 games can not give any stadistically
reliable reference about the strength of Hiarcs 9, but I feel that this is an
extraordinary program to play long Tournament games. Congratulations to Mark for
the big improvement from Hiarcs 8 to 9 version.

Regards,

Tom Casanovas
Barcelona - Spain.

... by the way, when I finished the match against Shredder 7.04  these games
dissapeared from my files and I am not able to find them (I am not very skilled
with files :-( ). Any tips, please?. I would like very much to recover them...



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