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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 10 - Glaurung 051213: 76-24!

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 12:34:00 12/14/05

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On December 14, 2005 at 15:09:07, Tom Likens wrote:

>Hey Tord,
>
>What exactly is a "Noomen match"?  Is this similar to a Nunn match.  If yes,
>I'd be interested in getting the starting positions from you.

Your guess is right.  It's exactly like a Nunn match, except that the 20 Nunn
positions are replaced by 50 positions chosen by Jeroen Noomen.  I usually
prefer to use the Noomen positions rather than the Nunn positions, for the
simple reason that 20 positions is not quite enough.  It is also possible to
combine the two sets, there is no overlap in the chosen positions.

Because my e-mail doesn't work tonight, I placed the PGN with the Noomen
positions on my web site:

http://www.glaurungchess.com/Noomen.pgn

Those who want to see just how easily Hiarcs beats Glaurung can download
the games here:

http://www.glaurungchess.com/051213-hiarcs.pgn

>P.S. My condolances on the Hiarcs match.

I m not very disappointed, actually.  Hiarcs is one of my favorite programs,
and I am always happy to see it achieve a good result.  :-)

>Hiarcs has an interesting style

Yes.  Among the top programs, it is my favorite program to watch (I haven't
seen Rybka yet, though).

>and I'm very curious to see the new version play Fruit, Shredder and of
>course Rybka.

Me too, of course.

Tord



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