Author: Andrew
Date: 22:25:07 06/25/99
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On June 26, 1999 at 01:08:46, Peter Kappler wrote: >On June 25, 1999 at 23:34:36, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi CCC >> >> >> I am simply speechless, can someoneelse who owns hiarcs6 verify the below >>moves? I am not using the fritz5 based hiarcs6 but the full program. Today the >>master made the win look even easier than the day before. In the tradition of >>anti-computer play the master simply gave up a few pawns for an unstoppable king >>side attack. It was far to late before hiarcs6 recognized it was completley >>lost. What's even more odd is that I have played dozens of games with hiarcs >>against other computers and have never seen it lose like this in 19 moves!! >>After these two games I think I may have to rethink my position on the Computer >>grandmaster stand. The best answer I have is that I am running hiarcs in the >>windows enviroment. The problem with this theory is that I ran the game in dos >>mode and hiarcs choose the exact same moves!! Inspite of these Loses I am >>still convinced hiarcs6 is one of the best programs I am simply at a loss to >>explain this result. Here's the game >> >> >> >> >>Event "Match game\60 game2"] >>[Site "chess club"] >>[Date "1999.06.25"] >>[Round "?"] >>[White "Richard uscf2265"] >>[Black "Hiarcs6 Cyrix233 16m"] >>[Result "1-0"] >>[WhiteElo "2265"] >>[BlackElo "2520"] >>[ECO "B23"] >> >>1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O >>8. Qe1 a6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Qh4 Nb4 11. f5 gxf5 12. Bh6 Nxc2 13. Rac1 Bxh6 >>14. Qxh6 Nb4 15. Ng5 e5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bxd5 c4 18. dxc4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 1-0 > > >Odell, > >This is just a typical anti-computer kingside attack. I have seen the same >thing hundreds of times on ICC. > >I think the claims of "GM strength" are only viable if you show up with the >latest hardware & software (maybe Hiarcs 7.32 on a P3-550). I strongly doubt >that Hiarcs 6 on a Cyrix 233 w/ 16MB RAM is GM strength at anything other than >blitz or semi-blitz time controls. > >--Peter Do you really think 2x faster hardware would save Hiarcs from getting into such a lost position? Unless programs learn to recognize, properly judge and neutralize possibility of king side attacks no speed increase will help here :) -Andrew-
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