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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7.32: "I am not Impressed"

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.
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Did you by any chance borrow Thorsten's copy of Hiarcs?  His doesn't play very
well either.  :-)
Jim Walker
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