Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:07:20 12/30/99
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On December 30, 1999 at 22:59:52, John Warfield wrote: > How is it possible for Hiarcs 7.0 running on a Amd K6-350 to defeat Rebel >Century running on a Athlon 800 in a six game match 4-3 ?? the extra game was >from the tie break. I decided based on this match that I am not in any big >hurry to upgrade to a faster computer. What's surprising is that I was playing >hiarcs without the full hashtables, in windows 98 at 136k. Time control was >game in 30. I do not believe that this match means that hiarcs7 is stronger than >Rebel at all. I am just surprised that a machine that fast would not have >murdered me in the match. Rebel Century is still the best program available >IMHO. If anyone shows interest I will Post the full match. It sounds like an interesting contest, but I perfer longer time control (the longer the better). Anyway, will we be surprised if a single GM of ELO 2500 wins 4-3 over a GM of 2590? I think you are just seeing the normal fluxuations that are to be expected. Hiarcs on a K6-350 is no slouch. I think (also) that Rebel is designed as an "anti-human" weapon as is Crafty. So Rebel's greatest strength is slightly orthogonal to computer play (but still very high). In any case, after 100 games we will have some idea which program is really stronger. After 7 games, there is no way to know. You may be overestimating the added power of higher MHz. I'd be pretty surprised if it added more than 50 ELO.
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