Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7.32 - Junior 5 SSDF game 8/40 = draw NOW: 2 - 6

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 10:22:15 09/23/99

Go up one level in this thread


On September 23, 1999 at 11:48:19, eric guttenberg wrote:

>It is only 8 games and maybe this trend will change in the remaining 32
>games, but at this time it sure looks like Hiarcs 7.32 cannot cope with
>Junior but was able to beat Fritz 5.32 which strikes me as unusual because
>Fritz and Junior are roughly equal in overall playing strength.
>Is there something about Junior, whose play against other programs seems
>to be no better than Hiarcs, that renders Hiarcs so helpless in its
>head to heads against Junior?
>(If H7.32 wins the next 4 games in a row, please delete this post)
>
>
>eric

Hello Eric,
This is not unusual.  I have seen many 6-0 runs in matches when the program
getting the 6-0 lost the match.  It takes hundreds of games to separate two
evenly matched programs and then usually you only prove that they are evenly
matched.
Jim Walker



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.