It seems Hiarcs for Android is in top secret need to know development.Harvey Williamson wrote:Displayed depth is not everything. if you play a match Hiarcs will beat all of those programs.TheBee wrote:I have several iPhone Chess apps and what I notice most is the relative search speed of the different engines.
I have used Hiarcs for ages and recently installed on the iphone 3GS. It does appear to play as I would expect..... a strong and positionally sensible game. However, it takes many minutes to get to 12 ply depth compared to Shredder and Chess Tiger which both get to that level inside a minute usually on the same position. tChess takes a little longer but is still noticeably faster than Hiarcs. I deleted Fritz after a day as it was SOOO BAD so I don't remember how fast that was.
Is it simply that Hiarcs takes longer to analyze postional and strategic elements? Or is it just slower and therefore at a disadvantage to say Shredder?
Any comments chaps?
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Take a look at this ratings list http://raitpref.hotbox.ru/ct001-r.htm Hiarcs on mobile devices is clearly number 1. Although you will see a slower search displayed.
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Re: iPhone Speed
Thanks Harvey,
Yes, I am convinced that Hiarcs is the strongest too. Just wondered why the search speed appears so much slower...... Maybe I'm right then that it is working harder on the intrinsic position?
It often comes up with 'better' or at least more human moves especially in relatively quiet positions.
Could be a handicap in the endgame though?
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Yes, I am convinced that Hiarcs is the strongest too. Just wondered why the search speed appears so much slower...... Maybe I'm right then that it is working harder on the intrinsic position?
It often comes up with 'better' or at least more human moves especially in relatively quiet positions.
Could be a handicap in the endgame though?
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