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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 10 observations

Author: Mike van Rooyen

Date: 14:58:47 12/26/05

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On December 26, 2005 at 16:01:56, Peter Eizenhammer wrote:

>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
Thanks for your observations!
Play through games between the two and you will see what I mean.
In the Nunn test Hiarcs often does not have a clue compared to Fritz9.



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