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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7.32 vrs Hiarcs6 at Game/ 5 min.> Score 29.5 to 20.5, Only 59% Win

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 02:00:38 06/28/99

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On June 28, 1999 at 04:28:22, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>On June 28, 1999 at 03:53:21, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>Hiarcs7.32 has Only a 59% Winning Advantage over Hiarcs6 after 50 games at 5min.
>>
>>All games were played with a AMD K6-2, 266mhz MMX with 64RAM! This time control
>>shows no advantage to Hiarcs7.32 with its ability of retaining hashtables
>>between moves! Score: Hiarcs7.32 = 29.5 to 20.5, I don`t see the advantage here!
>>
>>Blitz:5'/AMD  1999
>>
>>                 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
>>1   Hiarcs 7.32  0001½½½½½½½011½½1½½1110110½100½½1½½1½01½½1½½11½½11 29.5/50
>>2   Hiarcs 6.0   1110½½½½½½½100½½0½½0001001½011½½0½½0½10½½0½½00½½00 20.5/50
>
>
>Terry,
>
>Do you see 18 won games by Hiarcs 7.32 and 9 won by Hiarcs 6??  That is 100%
>improvement in winning odds by H 7.32 over H 6  and that is what is important.
>Draws don't mean much even in human chess matches.  The 23 draws only mean that
>both programs are good at tactics and deciding when to trade-off to an even end-
>game.
>
>In political elections such a victory would be called a "landslide" with
>emphasis put on the opponent only getting 41% of the vote.
>
>Hiarcs 7.32 is clearly superior and your data prove it.
>
>Tim Frohlick
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Hi Tim,
  Your absolutly correct! I can see your point and just wasn`t thinking straight
after having a late night playing a tuff chess club tournament. The only thing i
was looking at were the numbers and wasn`t considering all those draws! Thankyou
for correcting this definite mistake.
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Terry Ripple



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