Author: Keith Kitson
Date: 11:20:37 06/24/99
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On June 24, 1999 at 13:18:03, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >I have been playing games at 40/2 against Hiarcs 7.32 optimized for the best >settings. I have noticed that on numerous occasions even when I played the move >expected by Hiarcs, the program took around 10 minutes to respond. I find it >difficult to understand why it should have taken Hiarcs that long to respond to >a move it expected. > >How do we really know that Hiarcs 7.32 retains the hash-tables between moves? Do >you see the hash-table info on the screen? Does it say that in the manual on the >CD? The manual on the CD is the manual for Fritz 5.32. Are you certain this is >in fact Hiarcs 7.32? > > >As someone well-respected here often says: "Show me proof". > >Furthermore, all this talk about tablebases makes we wonder. I placed the CD >under my breakfast table and it only supported one leg! I would need 3 more >Hiarcs CD's to have full capability to support my breakfast table. Therefore, I >conclude that Hiarcs tablebases are not only incomplete, but also not very >practical. > You need a table with one leg. There's a new technique in software now. If the software doesn't work properly, change the business need to suit....it's cheaper in the long run....:-)) >Any comments to the above will be given the utmost consideration. Please - only >well-informed sources should reply. I will respect all opinions which disagree >with mine even though they are wrong. > >Regards, >Mel
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