Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 15:39:53 04/25/05
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On April 25, 2005 at 02:25:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On April 24, 2005 at 18:40:08, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On January 26, 2004 at 10:49:02, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>Hiarcs X will be better than the rest programs playing Chess960, since Hiarcs >>positional understanding is much higher than the rest. It is perfectly possible >>that the evaluation function in Hiarcs is just better at handling the unusual >>opening positions you see in FRC than the evaluation function of the other top >>engines. HIARCS was not tuned for playing FRC, neither Fritz, nor Shredder and >>it performed much better than the rest in handling the 15 FRC positions of >>Stefan. >> >>Jorge > > Hi Jorge > Any evidence for your assumption? > Kurt No evidence but the small tourney run by Stefan Pohl with his 15 FRC Positions. But Shredder ended very close to Hiarcs in that tourney, therefore, Shredder could also be converted to a very powerful Chess960 Engine too. Jorge
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