Author: Albert Silver
Date: 19:24:33 09/15/04
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On September 15, 2004 at 21:38:05, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On September 15, 2004 at 21:34:33, Derek Paquette wrote:
>
>>On September 15, 2004 at 21:14:06, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>On September 15, 2004 at 21:02:00, Derek Paquette wrote:
>>>
>>>>Ok so a very simple question, when the next version of an engine is being
>>>>released, which will you buy immediately, and which will you wait for, until
>>>>SSDF comes out with an elo rating for it.
>>>>
>>>>Hiarcs 10 (pre order)
>>>>Chesstiger 16 (wait for SSDF)
>>>>Shredder 9 (wait for ssdf)
>>>>Deep Fritz 9 (wait for ssdf)
>>>>Junior 9 (pre order)
>>>>Ruffian 2.30??? (not interested)
>>>>
>>>>How about everyone else? Basically the question is, who do you trust, and who
>>>>don't you trust, when it really comes down to it.
>>>
>>>My answer has nothing to do with SSDF, and it has everything to do with $$.
>>>
>>>
>>>ChessTiger
>>>Ruffian
>>>
>>>order immediately due Lokasoft's outstanding "loyalty" pricing program with the
>>>upgrades < $30 which falls into my chump change category.
>>>
>>>Shredder -> order immediately since there is no extra charge for the dual
>>>version (which I have) and plus it is considered by me (as well as many others
>>>)to be the absolute strongest engine available.
>>>
>>>I pre-ordered CMX and CM9 -- CM9 I felt I got a lot for the buck. CMX was
>>>disappointing and I would NOT pre-ordered CMXI.
>>>
>>>I will pre-order Hiarcs 10 because I think Mark is devoting much greater time
>>>with it now that he has given up his day job with Nortel. Plus it it gives me
>>>the excuse to push for PPC HIARCS!
>>>
>>>Junior and Fritz will have to wait - their dual versions are more expensive and
>>>I ran out of money - sorry!
>>
>>
>>Mike can you veryify how strong Hiarcs10 might be in this case?
>
>Can I verify - absolutley not. I don't think anybody can VERIFY at this stage.
>But I know Mark is working very hard on Hiarcs 10 and his program is back onthe
>upswing again after a lull of several years. I have a lot of faith in Mark.
Same here. Remember when Hiarcs 6 came out, maybe 2-3 months after Hiarcs 5 came
out, due to some cataclysmic improvements he had found and decided couldn't
wait? It just blew everyone out of the water. Needless to say, I got Hiarcs 7,
missed 8 and got 9. 10 is going to be sweet I believe.
Albert
>
>>It is going to have to be about 100 elo stronger in order to stay with the top
>>dogs and not fall into a second rate engine.
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