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

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 06:20:33 09/21/03

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On September 21, 2003 at 04:48:26, stuart taylor wrote:

>On September 21, 2003 at 02:45:09, Tomas Casanovas Martinez wrote:
>
>>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...
>
>If these tournament games were even longer timings, would Hiarcs be wining even
>more than Shredder 7.04? If so, that is great and can be considered the
>strongest on the market, as far as what interests me most.
>S.Taylor

F8 is king of the hill in infinite analysis for CC. I wonder if H9 is better ?
Wayne



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