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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 10 observations

Author: Peter Eizenhammer

Date: 13:01:56 12/26/05

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On December 26, 2005 at 13:11:56, Mike van Rooyen wrote:

>Looking at the Hiarcs 10 games posted here,especially the Nunn Test games vs
>Fritz 9 I am dissapointed! Many talk about Hiarcs's human style however I am not
>convinced. Fritz 9 understands most positions much better than Hiarcs.The close
>result of the Nunn matches is more due to its tactical ability rather than its
>positional understanding.It plays many computer-like moves whereas Fritz 9 plays
>very human-like moves.
>What do you think?
>Mike

hello Mike,

I dont have Hiarcs 10 yet, but for Fritz9 I would agree that it is
very strong in positional understanding and that its game play looks very "human
like".
So your observation may be blamed on the strength of Fritz more than on a
weakness of Hiarcs.

Peter



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