Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 14:51:23 01/08/04
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On January 08, 2004 at 17:37:25, Bob Durrett wrote: >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. formula = "established&autocolor&rated&blitz&time=5&inc=3&((!computer&!freeweek&!provisional&lag<2000&rating>myrating-425))" !computer means no computer opponents as far as I know. regards Andy
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