Author: stuart taylor
Date: 05:34:48 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 08:14:42, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On December 09, 2005 at 04:14:43, Marek Soszynski wrote: > >>http://chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=258 > > Hi Marek > I am indeed wondering how things will go on > with Hiarcs 10. After the many years of experience > it's hard to believe the advertisment of ChessBase > > "The new Hiarcs 10 book is included which has been significantly > enhanced with the latest GM theory and a wealth of novelties to > provide a huge repertoire of fi nely tuned variations. This is > the work of computer chess expert Eric Hallsworth and Hiarcs > author Mark Uniacke who have combined to provide an exceptional > new opening book." > > My experience is the opposite: the Hiarcs books have rather > been a handicap for the program, with the exception when > fighting against human players. > > And eventually: I am more interested in the naked engine > playing strength and not in the the goodness of an opening > book with which it's possible to hide a lot of weaknesses. > > Best regards > Kurt I almost gasped, to read the whole descrition. I almost thought that THIS IS IT!! But if, as you say, it's only for the advertisement, then I'll hold my breath until we see some tests. But I never remember seeing things written in this way. S.Taylor n.b. Obviously, IF all this (about positional understanding) is true, then it would have taken a GREAT amount of secret work and testing! st
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