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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7 vs. Yermolinsky

Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Date: 21:09:52 03/20/99

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On March 18, 1999 at 19:00:48, Matt Frank wrote:

>On March 18, 1999 at 18:33:03, Alain Lyrette wrote:
>
>>
>>The idea here is to really know how strong Hiarcs7 CAN be against real
>>grandmasters....so why make it run on a g233?By june,if you really want to do it
>>on a Mac,the g3-450 should be out...and on the pc scene either the k7-600 or
>>fast pentium3 would get you almost 100 more points elo......that's a huge
>>difference....n'est-ce pas?
>
>Oh, I agree. Yet, my point is that it can be done with my config. And the idea
>is not how strong Hiarcs 7 is on any machine; but on this one. I contend that
>the system will operate at 2600 +, and intend to demonstrate that. By
>extrapolation, knowledgable observers will be able to estimate the strenth of
>the software on diff systems, n'est-ce pas? If you want to take a donation and
>increase the elo by another 70 pts, give me a shout.
>
>Regards,
>Matt Frank

I would have thought that the speed of the computer used would have been
part of the match conditions. If that is still open ... arranging the
loan of a faster Mac for the match should be well within the range of
possibility.

Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)



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