Author: James T. Walker
Date: 19:19:23 09/21/99
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On September 21, 1999 at 15:00:14, odell hall wrote: >Hi > > Has anyone noticed the often bizarre and irresponsible play of Hiarcs7.32? >It is hard to believe this program is so celebrated here at CCC, the program has >some obvious flaws that I think any Astute Human master could easily exploit. >Last night I played it on my AMD k6-2 350 40mb, at 40\1hr, and nearly won, after >the game I analyzed with fritz5.32, it pointed out atleast five missed wins on >my part. Some may some, "well what are you talking about you lost didn't you"?, >True but the point that I am making is that a player of my level should never of >had hiarcs in such a position (uscf 1804). Analyzing the game with junior, >fritz, and chessmaster they all made superior moves than hiarcs, and avoiding >the trouble. If I were a computer chess operator on icc i would not feel >comfortable playing hiarcs7.32 against titled players in anything over game\30. >Don't get me wrong I am not basing my accessment on just this one game, but >many. I think the biggest problem with hiarcs7 is the queenside Castling bug? >Here is the Game, to illustrate what I am talking about. ********************** Did you by any chance borrow Thorsten's copy of Hiarcs? His doesn't play very well either. :-) Jim Walker *********************** > > <snip>
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