Author: Graham Banks
Date: 18:25:14 01/05/06
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On January 05, 2006 at 19:53:06, enrico carrisco wrote: >The CSS Rating List is complete and available at the link below. I've >translated the German introduction to english -- but be aware: I am not a >native German speaker and there could be some slight mistakes. Overall, the >message should be very close. > >Regards, > >-elc. > > >Link: >http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=com_wrapper&wrap=Rangliste&Itemid=127 > >Introduction: > >Only very scarcely the newest engine of Mark Uniacke missed the top position of >the CSS ranking list -- A mere 2 Elo from the #1 Fruit 2.2.1. Hiarcs 10 >obtained an overall score of 70.9% in the test of over 480 games with an ELO of >2809 points. That equates to an ELO improvement of 111 points to Hiarcs 9! The >clear increase in strength is quite evident in that Hiarcs could improve all >round results, mostly by two digit percentages. Also, the match comparisons >were altogether improved except against Fruit 2.2.1 and Fritz 9 where Hiarcs 10 >was defeated. > >In all other matches Hiarcs won with a considerable margin over its opponents. >Hiarcs 10 does not only score successfully but also offers a very interesting >style of play. Hiarcs places particular importance to long-term initiative -- >quite often it sacrifices one or more pawns and sometimes even a whole piece. >If a decision was not already reached in the early middlegame, Hiarcs looks for >its chances in the endgame, which was likewise significantly improved. With >this enormous increase in performance, Hiarcs is once again part of the absolute >top engines. Thanks Enrico, the performance of Spike 1.0a Mainz is also impressive, Regards, Graham.
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