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Subject: Re: Which Fritz with Hiarcs 6?

Author: Len Eisner

Date: 08:36:57 01/30/99

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On January 30, 1999 at 10:59:21, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On January 30, 1999 at 10:23:57, Len Eisner wrote:
>
>>Does it pay to install the 16 bit version of Fritz just to run Hiarcs 6 slightly
>>faster than it would run under Fritz 5.32?  I have both Fritz programs, but I
>>only installed 5.32 on my new PII 450 system.  Also, does it cause any problems
>>if you install both versions of Fritz (e.g., overwriting shared files in
>>Windows/System directory, etc.)?
>>
>>Hiarcs 6 is an excellent program, so my thinking is that it may make sense to
>>install the 16 bit Fritz just to run it as fast as possible in a Windows
>>environment.
>
>This is what I have. H6 is the default engine in my F5 installation and the icon
>is called H6-W. :) As book I use the General that came with F532, but separate
>from F532 itself, so each program learns its own stuff. Don't bother assigning
>more than the maximum of 8MB hashtables that H6 for Fritz can use.
>
>>I know Hiarcs 7 is better, but I will never buy another DOS chess
>>program.
>
>I understand, but it's your loss...
>
>Enrique
>
>>Len

Have you tested the performance difference for H6 under the 16 and 32-bit
versions of Fritz?  I'm curious about the rating difference between the two.
Also, I'm concerned about installing the 16-bit version after the 32-bit
version.  Just wondering if any common files will be overlaid with older
versions.  Any thoughts about that?

By the way, I very much enjoyed following your recent tournament.  Ever think
about holding a blitz tournament?  It would be interesting to see how the top
programs perform against each other at 5 seconds per move.  The quality of the
games would be particularly enlightening.  I suspect that Genius 6 would do
better at fast time controls than 40/40.  I'm probably one of the few people
here who actually enjoy playing Genius 5.  On a PII 450 it plays an interesting
and strong game at 10 seconds per move.  I do not find it's style as passive as
you do.

Len



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