Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:45:02 09/21/99
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On September 21, 1999 at 19:36:10, odell hall wrote: [snip] > Hi Dann > > > When I first got hiarcs7.32 Like everyonelse I was quite excited with high >expectations, infact hiarcs6 was one of my favourites, so I expected even more >from hiarcs7. I first noticed this flaky Queensidee castleing bug in hiarcs when >it lost a game against chessmaster, it castled uncessarily in a very dangerous >position, and knowing the tacticaly gifted CM, it went on to slaughter hiarcs, >however I was willing to write this off, as hiarcs began to beat rebel and other >programs, but then I started to see this queenside castling tendency over and >over. This is a very interesting observation. Do you have a favorite opening you use against Hiarcs repeatedly? Maybe there is a bug in Hiarc's opening book and you have exposed it. >I am not saying that hiarcs is not strong, I am just saying that it has >some obvious weakness which needs some attention. It doesn't appear to be as >agressive as hiarcs6, I think that if money were on the line I could draw it >atleast 3 out of ten games. When you refer to "conditions of the experiement" I >am not sure I know what you mean, are you referring to the computer vs computer >games, or the conditions of the game that I played? Time control was 40 moves >in 1 hour, but when I play computer vs computer it is always at game\30. >I looked at the nodes per second, Hiarcs 7.32 is doing 32,000 to 36,000 nodes >per second on My K6-2 350. What's funny is that It destroys other programs, but >barely beats me, Maybe it is just my style of play , I don't know. All I know >is I get slaughtered by all my other programs, and although I have never beaten >hiarcs I have several draws and often have positions where I should have won, >which is never the case when I play Fritz, Chessmaster, Rebel, or Junior. I am >not saying Hiarcs7.32 is a lousy program, I am just saying that I am not >Impressed with it. I would like to see PGN scores of some of your games. Perhaps we can use those to figure out exactly what is happening. You may have discovered something of which M.U. should be aware.
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