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Subject: Re: Calling Steve Lopez, Terry Cummings, & Other Hiarcs Owners

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 12:25:35 07/03/99

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On July 03, 1999 at 08:09:46, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On July 02, 1999 at 21:17:26, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>
>>On July 02, 1999 at 18:42:51, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>>On July 02, 1999 at 18:16:41, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 02, 1999 at 18:05:43, Steve Lopez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On July 02, 1999 at 18:03:08, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>This is the Sicilian that Hiarcs 7.32 plays on my program. I re-installed the
>>>>>>program and it still plays this line that both of you say is not possible.
>>>>>
>>>>>Reinstalling the program does *not* automatically reinstall the opening book to
>>>>>the hard drive. That must be done using the "Copy tree to disk" command.
>>>>>
>>>>>I've addressed both lines of play in other threads.
>>>>>
>>>>>-- Steve Lopez
>>>>
>>>>I have reinstalled my hiarcs and book. It don't care that bad line are in the
>>>>book. I just don't understand why it will play bad line when the book is in
>>>>tournament mode. I have given up on the moved based book with hiarcs 7.32. I am
>>>>sick of it playing 1 f4 or 1 b3 or 1 g3 or other bad moves down the tree, when
>>>>it is winning with 1. e4, and 1. d4 etc. Hiarcs 7 dos book learning never did
>>>>this. I made my own book from the Fritz 5 book and my database of games, now it
>>>>plays great.
>>>
>>>I use Fritz' Powerbooks-99 together with Hiarcs 7.32.
>>>
>>>Sune
>>
>>Hello Sune,
>>
>>You are using Fritz' Powerbooks-99 with Hiarcs 7.32 sounds very interesting.
>>However, isn't Fritz' Powerbooks especially for Fritz? If not, and you're geting
>>good results with this combo, what is the procedure for doing this? By the way,
>>if you are still using Hiarcs book, you are still going to get some bad lines in
>>my opinion.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mel
>
>Hallo Mel,
>
>I think Powerbooks-99 is okey also for Hiarcs. P-99 gives a very good varity
>of openings. The size of it speaks for itself -513MB! Together with the
>Fritz program I have different openingbooks (trees)for example KingsIndian,
>French, Kingsgambit, Steve Lopez -sorry I mean Ruy of course!-and also
>Fritz Power
>books-99. The procedure for loading P-99 to Hiarcs is very simple.
>Just activate your Hiarcs program. Then Book-load book - and choose P-99.
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Hello Sune,

You said you are using the Powerbook with Hiarcs book. Am I to understand you
correctly that you are using both at the same time?

Regards,
Mel
*************


>I could add that my special openingbooks are trees constructed by selected
>games in Database Big-99 /the one which follows Chessbase/. For example
>French -C00-C19.
>
>By the way-has anybody tested to change the playing style for Hiarcs from
>"normal" to "aggressive"? I'm a bit curious of the effect!
>
>Regards
>Sune



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