Author: Tomas Casanovas Martinez
Date: 11:19:45 06/23/99
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On June 22, 1999 at 11:19:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 21, 1999 at 14:21:50, paul bedrey wrote: > >>Hi Tomas and thank you for posting your results. My question is what platform >>did you perform your test in? I assume that you used Hiarcs 7.32 and loaded >>the Fritz and Junior engines into it. Is this correct? The reason I ask is that >>in some prior posts it was questioned if the interface influenced the results. >>My second question is have you tried loading Hiarcs 7.32 into the Fritz 5.32 and >>Junior 5 modules? If your results are the same then you would have proved the >>interface had no influence in the results. I am thinking of buying Hiarcs 7.32 >>because it looks like it is the better engine but I know looks can be deceiving. >>Thanks again to you and Tanya for posting your results. > > >Another issue: two machines or one? With "pondering" disabled, Crafty will >have problems late in the game, because it assumes that it will save some time >by pondering, and it uses this time _before_ it actually saves it. As a result >it can run low on time near the time control... Paul, The platforms where the test were run: Hiarcs7.32-Fritz5.32 Hiarcs interface. Pentium 400 Hiarcs7.32-Junior5 Junior interface. Pentium 200 Hiarcs7.32-Crafty16.6 Fritz interface. Pentium 90 Hiarcs theoretical advantage was therefore only against Fritz, although I really don't believe that one or other opening books are decisive. No one single game has been won (advantage of over 1.00)immediately (5 or 6 moves)after the opening. If you want to buy Hiarcs7.32 I must recommend it. I don't see a better choice in the market today. Bob, I recognize obviously your authority in this matter. My tests were run in one single machine, each working overnight so that it is clear that they are not 'technically perfect'. What is a bit strange is that Crafty's performance was excellent in the first eight games. Afterwards it lost all the games in a raw. I will see these games one by one to confirm what happened. Regards, Tomas.
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