Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 18:52:24 06/29/99
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On June 29, 1999 at 18:26:11, Mark Young wrote: >On June 29, 1999 at 13:58:26, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>Jim, >> >>It is looking more and more like F5.32 is simply stronger than H7.32 at >>all time levels when each program is operating on a separate computer, or >>am I missing something? >>Does anyone have any evidence otherwise? Aside from those engine v engine >>games, I cannot remember any results showing H7.32 on top of Fritz. >>Do you consider it possible that the autoplayer may affect performances? >> >>I have both H7.32 and F5.32 but I have only one computer and cannot test >>them as I would like. >> >>eric > >I have not looked at your games, but if your copy of hiarcs is like mine, the >opening book is causing most of the losses. I had to setup my book by hand for >it to play somewhat like the dos version of the Hiarcs 7 book and get a good >test of the program. Otherwise it would stop playing winning lines in e4 or d4 >and c4 and start playing b3,g3,f4 etc as its first move, and be lost in most >cases out of the opening. I don't understad how this Hiarcs book works at all, >it will throw out winning lines after 1 game, and start moving down the tree of >first moves. I'm not sure this is a bug, or something I am mistakenly telling it >to do. I have the book set to optimum and tournament, so I don't understad first >moves like b3 etc. when Hiarcs 7 dos would never play this in tournament book. _________________________________________________________ The problem with Hiarcs book is not only on the first move; for example, check out the following: Hiarcs: White: 1. e4...e5 2.Bc4...Nf6 3.Nf3...Nxe4 4.Nc3...Nxc3 5.dxc3...f6 6.Nh4...g6 7.f4...c6 8.f5...d5...9.f6... Look at this position and clearly Black is better. Now, an even greater example where Hiarcs really plays an awful opening in the Sicilian: Hiarcs: Black: 1. e4...c5 2.Nf3...e6 3.d4...cxd4 4.Nxd4...Nf6 5.Nc3...Nc6 6.e5...Nd5 7.Ne4...f5 8.Nd6+...Bxd6.... And what do you think of both positions at this point? Is this tournament level? Is it by any means Grandmaster chess? Ha ha!! Regards, Mel ___________________________________________________________
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