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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 10

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:00:02 12/14/05

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On December 14, 2005 at 08:21:16, David Shanholtzer wrote:

>On December 13, 2005 at 22:43:23, Sherry Windsor wrote:
>
>>On December 13, 2005 at 22:39:12, Horst Biewald wrote:
>>
>>>Is Hiarcs 10 a download or does it come on a DVD?  Thanks!
>>
>>I think Rybka would be a far better Choice. If you are wanting the Best Possible
>>play and analysis.
>
>Such a simple question to generate such wide range of responses degenerating
>into a flame war! And Sherry's first response should never have resulted in such
>a stream flames back and forth. It was only an opinion, nothing more, and there
>was nothing objectionable about that, as were the next couple of responses. And
>then...

Hello David,
Maybe you missed the cause of the "flame war" as you call it.  This Sherry
character was giving an opinion about a program that "it" had never even seen
(HIARCS 10).  There is really no call to put down a program you have never seen
yet.  Someone might actually take it serious.
Jim


>(For Sherry: maybe it would have been an idea to not respond to any further
>comments; the thread would soon enough died out)
>
>The question was answered: It is available on dvd from Chessbase.
>
>As far as strength of Hiarcs 10, (I don't have the program yet - it is on order
>from CBUSA) one can be certain that it is strong enough to run over pretty much
>anyone on this forum, and probably all but a very few of the top grandmasters,
>as can Rybka and the rest of the top engines. It has had in the past and
>probably still has a different style of play than other engines, which can be
>said of pretty much every engine, thereby giving a different perspective on
>positions you may be interested in.
>
>David S.



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