Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 23:15:20 06/26/99
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On June 27, 1999 at 01:24:49, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On June 26, 1999 at 19:47:29, odell hall wrote: > >> >>This Result still surprises me, even if he has more expierence against computers >>then he is letting me know. I have played hundreds of games against hiarcs, >>with only two wins, and I have never beaten it in 19 moves, nor do I know of any >>other program winning so quickly against hiarcs. I still believe computers are >>grandmasters even on a pent 200, But I am not as sure as before. > >Odell, > >I think that what Dr. Hyatt has said is true. Todays programs all have holes >that can be attacked by cognoscenti. Just have your friend try his little >attacks on Hiarcs 7.32 on a PII 500 and he will go down in flames. The machines >and programs are getting better every year. > >Remember when you used to beat the "old" Fidelity programs and gloat. Dr. Hyatt >is correct when he said that even on fast computers todays programs still have >deficiencies that make them only "masters" . Your friend is a weak master and >realizes just like me that computers are fallible. > >I have checkmated Hiarcs 6 in 32 moves on a PII 333Mhz with 64 MB Ram but I am >not even a rated player. I did it by an assault on the King position. I posted >the game on May 20, 1999 01:41:19 here on CCC but nobody cared. Learn from your >master friend but beware, if you try sacks on the King with todays systems you >will probably lose. Try them anyway because it is fun to beat the computer once >in a while and it is even more fun to get whipped trying your best. > >Tim Frohlick, Not a Master On my PII 450 I have yet been unable to beat or even Draw against CM6K or Rebel 10. and I have drew about 4 times with Shredder2. I am usually gone within the fist 20 moves. I am not a rated player either. The only way I can win, is to play blitz with huge hash tables, and I can get programs to lose on time, but still that is empty :(
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