Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 14:37:25 01/08/04
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On January 08, 2004 at 17:26:30, Torstein Hall wrote: >On January 08, 2004 at 17:16:17, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>HIARCS X plays as “sinferno” at ICC on an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.5GHz computer. >>It holds the "official" ICC Blitz Record at 3604 and has the fewest losses and >>better overall records versus strong titled players than any other computer on >>ICC. It has only lost five games to two titled players but has played a large >>number of GMs, IMs and FMs. It is currently the top engine at ICC using >>Standard time limits. >> >>Why is that? Why is it better than all the other chess engines no matter what >>the hardware? Is SSDF missing something here? Is there a disconnect here? >> >>Bob D. > >Its probably simple as Formula, opening boook and luck. A program as Hiarcs do >not lose many Blitz games to humans on an Athlon at 2.5Ghx XP (3500+?) So you >put no play Comps in your formula, add a good opening book and a dash of good >luck! > >Torstein I used "vars sinferno" [at ICC] to look at it's formula and found nothing there that suggests anything out of the ordinary. Similarly sfilter looks typical as well. All the chess engines playing at ICC have opening books and it seems a safe bet that the stronger engines have good opening books. My guess is that it is "earning" it's rating in the middlegame and endgame. Bob D.
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