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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