Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 19:51:26 07/05/99
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On July 04, 1999 at 14:24:50, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >On July 03, 1999 at 05:14:14, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>On July 02, 1999 at 23:42:15, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On July 02, 1999 at 22:55:21, Steve Lopez wrote: >>> >>>>On July 02, 1999 at 20:45:09, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>Have you got it now? :-)))) >>>> >>>>That's the beauty of the Internet, man -- it allows one to make an ass of >>>>oneself worldwide in a matter of seconds. :-D >>>> >>>>-- Steve Lopez >>> >>>Hello Steve, >>>I also have Hiarcs 7.32. I'm very happy with the program including the opening >>>book. Jim, U are. i thought default hiarcs book was not so good. Nimzo GM is the best bet with any of these progs,even the fritz5 default book was better However, if you play the moves Mel suggest, here is the problem: It's >>>true that exf6 e.p. is in the book. So next you play Nd6+ and Hiarcs starts >>>thinking since it's out of book and plays Bxd6. After playing Bxd6 though, you >>>can now click the red backup arrow below the board and guess what shows up in >>>the book moves window, "9...Bxd6 no" in red! So it appears it's in the book as >>>a move not to make and following this guidline it does not make this "book move" >>>but when thinking on it's own it selects this move. >>>By the way, my Hiarcs did play some 1 b4, 1b3, 1 g3 moves when new, but after >>>losing most of them it hasn't played any of those opening move in the last 150 >>>games. So my advice to Mel is to beat it when it plays bad lines and it will >>>learn it's lesson and stop playing them. :-) >>>Jim Walker >> >>-------------- >>Hi Jim and Mel, >> It`s pretty hard to beat Hiarcs even if it`s up .50 in the position which i >>don`t see such a big advantage for our level of play anyway! >> He just needs to play the engine vrs. engine matches several good games and >>that also will eliminate the weaker lines of play and weaker openings etc. > >Hello Terry, > >The point of exposing bad lines is in the hope the programmer will be notified >and the next version will be improved. At least that is my main purpose for >posting the Sicilian. That f5 move is in the book but weighted at 18% when >compared to Qc7 at 80%. Therefore, Qc7 was the best move and should have been >played, and would have been played if f5 was not in the book. Remember, this is >tournament book we are talking about. And yes, f5 is playable but it is not the >best move! 80% - 18% says an awful lot don't you think? > >Mel > >> >>Regards, >>Terry
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