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I suppose you've used .ctg books previously No I haven't. I don't have any CB software. I can't help but feel you were not asking rather trying to make a point that at least I failed to understand. So basically because of this repeated quest for information, you feel I had some alternative motive f...

I suppose you've used .ctg books previously? I don't quite understand what point you're trying to drive or whether you really don't know .ctg books. I wasn't trying to make a point... yet. Mostly, I want to know if I can make use of these .ctg books the way I operate engines. I've already discussed...

Does Junior or Hiarcs support use of the .ctg books using the OwnBook option? If not, these books are useless to me. Deep Junior is a UCI engine so will work in any GUI that supports UCI as will its own internal book. As a bonus you get a brand new ctg opening book written by a GM. I guess I don't ...

Does Junior or Hiarcs support use of the .ctg books using the OwnBook option? If not, these books are useless to me. Deep Junior is a UCI engine so will work in any GUI that supports UCI as will its own internal book. As a bonus you get a brand new ctg opening book written by a GM. I guess I don't ...

Does Junior or Hiarcs support use of the .ctg books using the OwnBook option? If not, these books are useless to me. Deep Junior is a UCI engine so will work in any GUI that supports UCI as will its own internal book. As a bonus you get a brand new ctg opening book written by a GM. I guess I don't ...

Does Junior or Hiarcs support use of the .ctg books using the OwnBook option?

If not, these books are useless to me.

Do you think chess commercial programs (and their programmers in consequence) like Hiarcs, Shredder, ... are in danger because of the release of a free of charge Rybka 2.2 version ? It's hard to say. The only data point I can provide is myself. I haven't bought Rybka 3, yet I bought Hiarcs 12. (sti...

I didn't vote since I have never and probably never will visit the playchess engine room. But I have run Hiarcs over on FICS for a while. Assuming that playchess has the same basic flaws for engine play as FICS, then I would say that a non-rybka room probably isn't the answer. The problem isn't rybk...

Harvey Williamson wrote:I thought he was refering to this thread http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1166 where some real testing is being done. This thread I think is based on a few Playchess games and is probably not reliable but its fun.

Yeah, that's worse. Complete waste of time reading it IMO.

I wanted to chime in on someone's assertion that this discussion is UNFAIR, but that thread was locked long before I ever even saw it. It's annoying to come to this thread looking for new settings to play with and find that they aren't present. If someone who had "found" super settings had...

Why does it need XP SP2 or Vista, GeForce5, DVD, WMP, etc? I might be interested in the UCI version, but if it has exotic needs for a chess engine (needs which won't work in Windows 2000 or Linux under wine) then forget it. I just wanted to say that I bought the MP UCI version, and it works fine in...

Why does it need XP SP2 or Vista, GeForce5, DVD, WMP, etc? I might be interested in the UCI version, but if it has exotic needs for a chess engine (needs which won't work in Windows 2000 or Linux under wine) then forget it. That is what CB say for their version. Well, I can understand that CB might...

HIARCS 12 System Requirments: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Minimum: Pentium 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista or XP (SP 2), DVD ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9. Recommended: Pentium IV 2.2 GHz or higher, 256 MB RAM, Windows Vista, GeForce5 or compatible graphics card with 64 MB RAM or higher, 100% Direct...

For some technical reason I am unable to run 64-bit Rybka with tablebases. It's a linux issue. But on my Q6600 @ 2880, Rybka 2.3.2a finds it in 2:14 with a score of +2.53. Hiarcs indeed finds it faster, but clearly doesn't appreciate its value for much longer than Rybka's 2:14. With tablebases: 2:47...

Why are these fantastic chess programs all developed by non-Americans? Is it the same reason that there has only been one true World Chess Champion born in the USA? Unlikely. I contend that there will never be another World Chess Champion born in the USA nor will a super chess program be developed ...