Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:12:43 10/26/05
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On October 26, 2005 at 04:12:24, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 26, 2005 at 03:19:57, Mark Mason wrote: > >>There is a thead lower down about how much stronger he new HIARCS wil be than >>the curent leaders, but didn't HIARCS 10 come 3rd behind Fruit 2.2 and Junior 9 >>in the recent CCT'05 rapid tournament (see results below) or have I >>misunderstood something ? >> >>http://www.homer-chess.com/news.php?readmore=33 >> >>Mark > > >No > >I believe that Junior9 did not play in the tournament. >The version that played was probably later version of Junior when I do not know >the hardware of it. > >I also doubt if Hiarcs10 played in that tournament. > >I can add that it seems to me that hiarcs used a poor opening book in that >tournament. > >Uri I always like to believe that a strong program can outplay an opponent even with a bad opening (book). But there again, I suppose that a bad opening is already 3-4 weak moves to begin with, which makes the program not what it really is. Still, I'd like to believe that NO opening book WOULD make the program what it is meant to be (with the program making its own opening "by ear"). S.Taylor
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