Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 22:06:12 08/28/05
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On August 29, 2005 at 00:37:15, ERIQ wrote:
>It would seem to me that some don't think that if the next hiarcs gained 50
>points that it would matter at all and then some think that it could gain near
>100 points and is very strong maybe in the top three. I think that after any
>gain over hiarcs 9 not to many humans would stand a chance at all (lets name one
>GM that could beat it in a match on a G5 mac!). I have found it's play to be
>very human like and super strong as well, which is truly a joy to witness. Just
>my two cents.
>
> Sign,
> Eriq (Hiarcs fan)
When is the new version due to be released?
I use Hiarcs 9 all the time. I love the engine. Here is my account on FICS:
Finger of Azkikr(C):
Last disconnected: Sun Aug 28, 22:03 PDT 2005
rating RD win loss draw total best
Blitz 2593 119.4 4520 872 691 6083 2656 (27-Nov-2004)
Standard 2687 156.4 980 164 159 1303 2710 (04-Jul-2003)
Lightning 2703 94.6 2236 758 532 3526 2885 (23-Oct-2004)
Crazyhouse 2176 329.2 10 1 0 11
Suicide 2526 309.4 329 116 22 467 2618 (28-Apr-1999)
1: Hiarcs 9.0
2: PIV 2.0 Ghz - 2gb ram - Windows XP Professional - 900GB HD Space
3: 683 gigabytes of endgame tablebases (3,4,5,6 man tbs)
4: Operator = Iwonone
5: #1 in lightning on 07.09.04 with a rank of 2807
6: #1 in standard on 07.15.04 with a rank of 2684
My other favorite is Gandalf:
Finger of Species(C):
On for: 40 secs Idle: 0 secs
rating RD win loss draw total best
Blitz 2516 87.3 4515 1137 687 6339 2594 (11-Nov-2003)
Standard 2543 139.6 996 95 130 1221 2550 (25-Sep-2000)
Lightning 2625 73.1 1816 548 396 2760 2757 (07-May-2001)
Wild ---- 350.0 2 2 0 4
Crazyhouse ---- 350.0 1 2 0 3
Suicide 2322 313.5 570 188 8 766 2499 (30-Jun-1999)
Email : somnus@shaw.ca
Total time online: 98 days, 10 hrs, 24 mins
% of life online: 4.3 (since Sun Jun 13, 14:52 PDT 1999)
Timeseal 1 : On
1: gandalf v6.0
2: PIV 2.0Ghz - 2GB Ram - Windows XP Professional
3: Small incorporated book
4: Also the operator of Azkikr(C) and Likikr(C)
5: Using 3,4,5 man tablebases.
I happen to use Gandalf much more due to it being a Winboard compatible engine.
I prefer Winboard to all the other interfaces.
Peter
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