Author: KarinsDad
Date: 12:39:03 06/17/99
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On June 17, 1999 at 15:16:25, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >It appears that Shredder and Hiarcs are about equal in playing ability. Since >the other ongoing tourneys show Hiarcs to have an edge over Fritz, Fritz will >probably lose its' contest with Hiarcs tomorrow. > >I wonder how many people will bet money on this outcome? I won't because I just >bought Hiarcs 7.32 from ICD and don't have any money left to wager. >I bet that Steve Schwartz is betting on increased sales of Shredder 3 and >Hiarcs 7.32 and is placing advanced orders with his suppliers. > >Now, don't get me wrong, I think that Fritz 5.32 is a great program. It is just >not as good as Hiarcs 7.32 or Shredder 3 . Why did you not post this message before round 1? I didn't see you proclaiming Shredder then. And last I saw, Fritz 5.32 was still at the top of SSDF. These claims of virtually identical strength programs where someone has the opinion of one being stronger than another are kind of silly. There are NO programs out there that can claim to solidly be number one in playing strength. And, the programs in these tournaments are not 5.32 or 7.32 or 3 anyway. Yes, I do think that sales >of Fritz will slump a bit until the next Fritz but ChessBase doesn't care since >it is distributing Hiarcs 7.32 also. Fritz is tied for first and could still win. Do you think it's sales will slump then? A little premature, don't you think? KarinsDad :) As for MChessPro, I pity poor >Marty Hirsch because I know how much it hurts him to lose. I own MChessPro 8 >and find it to be an outstanding program. It beats me on a regular basis. With >Hiarcs 7.32 I will be beaten with more finesse and if I get around to putting in >that 23 Gigabyte hard drive just for the endgame tablebases I will >have the "JOY" of seeing Hiarcs announce "mate in 32".
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