Author: blass uri
Date: 22:27:53 06/27/99
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On June 27, 1999 at 16:43:59, Mark Young wrote: >On June 27, 1999 at 15:49:53, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi >> >> >> I am thinking about setting up a computer account on ICC? Does anyone know >>Which Program would do the best? If the choice was between Genius 5 , hiarcs6, >>Mchess 8 or Genius 3? I have heard that Genius 5 is the Best a blitz chess >>(game/15) is this still true. What program would tear the crafty clone Data to >>shreds!! (incredibly strong data is!) Or should I just go out and purchase >>Chessmaster 6000 to do the Job? > >The best results I have had is with Hiarcs 7.01. I have not had a chance to play >7.32 online because of the testing I am running now. I most likely will only >test Hiarcs 7.32 against humans online, after testing Hiarcs 7.01 online against >other computers its left a bad taste in my mouth. I try to test against the best >programs online and play a set amount of games, but with Hiarcs 7 this became >almost impossible because of the high winning percentage Hiarcs 7 was >generating. The automatic programs would no play me, or change the time formula >to only play 0 inc games in the middle of my testing, and some of the other >manuale computer operators were no better. Rating protection in online play is >only getting worse, and thats to bad because it was a nice tool to use in the >evaluation of chess programs. I do not understand it. I think that programmers should prefer to play against strong opponents because they can learn from the games that they lose to improve their programs. Uri
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