Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:50:56 06/22/99
Hello, I am very disappointed in the results I'm getting with Hiarcs 7.32. If someone has a suggestion as to what is wrong or what I might be doing wrong please feel free to straighten me out. I purchased Hiarcs 7.32 in hopes it would be my "replacement" program for Fritz 5.32. So far the results are disappointing. Blitz(game/5 min): Fritz 5.32 106.5 Hiarcs 7.32 93.5 Junior 5.0 100.5 Hiarcs 7.32 99.5 I have also played 40 games at game/15. Fritz 5.32 is leading Hiarcs 7.32 by a score of 27-13. I assumed since Hiarcs was supposed to be as good/better than Fritz at 40/2hrs that as the time control got longer Hiarcs would get better so the g/15 score is very disappointing! Games were played on a PII 333 vs a K6-2-400. After 100 games the programs swapped computers and played the 2nd hundred games. All games were played using auto232. I reviewed the games when finished and found some games where Fritz 5.32 lost on time so I corrected the score to reflect that. I found no games where Hiarcs 7.32 lost on time. I experimented some with hash tables for Hiarcs 7.32 but can see no noticeable difference in performance between 8Meg,16Meg at these time controls. Hiarcs has all 3/4 man tablebases and 17 of the 5 man tablebases. Fritz 5.32 is using the F5.ctg opening book and Hiarcs has it's own book on HD. Also the TB's are on HD. Jim Walker
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