Palm Hiarcs 13.1 defeats MChess Pro 8 in a Match !

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Although Andy has had matches putting Mchess Pro 8 against Modern Software , this is the first time that Mchess Pro 8 has played Hiarcs on the Palm Computing platform .M Chess Pro 8 was running on my laptop which is a dual Core 1.83 gigahertz Machine running Windows XP (The last OS that Mchess runs on) .Of course MChess 8 can use only 1 Core as no MP version of Mchess has ever been released .Also I was not able to increase the Hash Size of MChess 8 from the default 640 kb to the max of 60 MB .Palm Hiarcs 13.1 running on my Palm Tungsten C (X scale 400 mhz) .
Palm Hiarcs won with 2 wins one loss and 3 draws .All games are hand played at a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in 1 hour repeating if neccessary with no Sudden Death.Everything was default for both programs besides the fact that both books were on variety option to avoid games which begin only with 1.e4 and 1.d4. I believe this actually increased the strength of both programs somewhat.There were rumors of a new Mchess coming out , does anybody know what ever happened to that ?!! Palm Hiarcs has overcome quite a Nodes per second factor in this Match as Mchess got 300,000 NPS in middle games but Palm Hiarcs got about 7000 NPS a factor of about 43.
Diagrams follow after the PGN , Enjoy these amazing games:

[Site ""]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hiarcs13.1"]
[Black "MChessPro8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600"]
{H13.1: 8192Kb 2788 Elo [%lev 4,4] [%hopt -265696237] [%rmv 140] [%tns 143567493,1] [%ctv 0]}

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Nd7 8. f4 f6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 f5 11. O-O b5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. Qh5+
g6 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ba3 O-O 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rfe8
19. Be2 Nd7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. Kh1
Nb6 25. Rfd1 Ra8 26. Qh3 Rad8 27. g4 Bf8 28. Rg1 Qb7 29. gxf5
exf5 30. Rg2 d4 31. cxd4 Nd5 32. Rag1 Nxe3 33. Rxg6 Ng4 34. R6xg4
fxg4 35. Qxg4 Bg7 36. f5 Kh8 37. Qf4 Be4 38. d5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5
Rxd5 40. Qg6 Red8 41. Bc3 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Rg3 Rd3 44. Ba5
Rf8 45. Bxd3 cxd3 46. Qxd3 Qb5 47. Qg6 Qf1+ 48. Ng1 Qf7 49. Bc3
Qxg6 50. Rxg6 Ra8 51. Rc6 Kh7 52. Kg2 Rg8 53. Kf2 Ra8 54. Ne2
Re8 55. e6 Bxc3 56. Nxc3 Kg6 57. Rxa6 Kf5 58. Nd5 Ke5 59. Nc7
Re7 60. Rc6 h5 61. a4 Rh7 62. a5 h4 63. a6 Kf6 64. a7 Rh8 65. a8Q
Rxa8 66. Nxa8 Kg6 67. Nc7 Kf6 68. h3 Ke7 69. Nd5+ Ke8 70. Rc8#
1-0

Position after 27.g4
[fen]3rr3/2q3bk/pnb1p1pp/1pppPp2/5PP1/1PP1PN1Q/PB2B2P/R2R3K[/fen]

Position after 40...Red8
[fen]3r3k/1q4b1/p5Qp/1pprP3/8/1P3N2/PB2B2P/6RK[/fen]

[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MChessPro8"]
[Black "Hiarcs13.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600"]
{H13.1: 8192Kb 2788 Elo [%lev 4,4] [%hopt -265696237] [%rmv 141] [%tns 1,125339988] [%ctv 0]}

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nf3 exf4 7. Bxf4
Bb4 8. Bd2 Bg4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Qh5 12. O-O a5 13. d4
axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 O-O 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qf5 18. Bd1
Qe6 19. Re1 Qc4 20. Na4 Bxb4 21. c3 Qd3 22. Qb2 Bd6 23. Re3 Qc4
24. Bb3 Qa6 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Qa7 27. Be1 Qxc5 28. Bf2 Ne5
29. Qa2 c6 30. Kh1 b5 31. Rd3 Qe7 32. Re3 Qd6 33. Bg3 Nfg4 34. Re2
Qd3 35. Bh4 Ne3 36. Be1 N5c4 37. Rf2 h6 38. Rf3 Ne5 39. Rf4 g5
40. Rf6 Kg7 41. Qf2 Qe4 42. Rd6 Nxg2 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Bc2 Qxe1+
45. Kxg2 Qxc3 46. Qf5 Ng6 47. Rxg6+ fxg6 48. Qxg6+ Qg7 49. Qxc6
Qf6 50. Bb3+ Kh8 51. Qxf6+ Rxf6 52. Kg3 Rc6 53. Kf2 Rc3 54. Be6
b4 55. Kg2 b3 56. Bf5 b2 57. Be4 Rc4 58. Bb1 Rc1 59. Be4 b1Q
60. Bxb1 Rxb1 61. h4 gxh4 62. Kh3 Kh7 63. Kxh4 Rg1 64. Kh3 Kg6
65. Kh2 Rg5 66. Kh3 Kh5 67. Kh2 Kh4 68. Kh1 Kg3 69. Kg1 Rf5 70. Kh1
Rf1# 0-1

Position after 22.Qb2
[fen]5rk1/1pp2ppp/2n2n2/8/Nb1P4/2Pq3P/1Q1B2P1/3BR1K1[/fen]

Position after 49.Qxc6
[fen]5rk1/6q1/2Q4p/1p4p1/8/7P/2B3K1/8[/fen]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hiarcs13.1"]
[Black "MChessPro8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600"]
{H13.1: 8192Kb 2788 Elo [%lev 4,4] [%hopt -265696237] [%rmv 194] [%tns 107912612,1] [%ctv 0]}

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. Bd3 d4
13. O-O dxc3 14. bxc3 Bc5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Qh4 g6 17. Rb3 Rfc8
18. Rfb1 Ba8 19. Ba6 Re8 20. Be2 Bd5 21. c4 Be4 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. Bf1
Rxb3 24. axb3 Rb8 25. Qg3 Rb4 26. h3 Qb8 27. Qh4 Rxb3 28. Bh6
Rb1 29. Qf6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Rxb1 Bxb1 32. Qf3 Qb8 33. Qd1
Qb7 34. Qe1 Be4 35. f3 Qb6+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bc6 38. f4
a5 39. Ke2 h6 40. Kd2 g5 41. g3 Kg7 42. Bd3 f5 43. Kc3 Kg6 44. Be2
Kf7 45. c5 Ke7 46. h4 gxf4 47. gxf4 Ba4 48. Ba6 Kd8 49. Be2 Kc7
50. Bf3 Bb5 51. Kd4 Bc6 52. Bh5 Bd5 53. Bd1 Kb7 54. Bc2 Bf3 55. Kc4
Bc6 56. Kc3 Ka6 57. Bd3+ Bb5 58. Bc2 Kb7 59. Bd1 Ka7 60. Bh5
Kb8 61. Bf3 Kc8 62. Kd4 Bc6 63. Be2 Kb7 64. Kc3 Bd5 65. Bb5 Kc7
66. Ba4 Bc6 67. Bd1 Bg2 68. Ba4 Bf1 69. Kd4 Be2 70. Ke3 Ba6 71. Kd4
Bb7 72. Kc3 Bd5 73. Bb5 Bc6 74. Be2 Kd8 75. Kc4 Ke8 76. Kb3 Kf7
77. Bh5+ Ke7 78. Kc4 Kf8 79. Be2 Kf7 80. Bd1 Ke8 81. Bh5+ Ke7
82. Bd1 Kf7 83. Be2 Kf8 84. Bh5 Ba4 85. Bf3 Kf7 86. Bh5+ Kg7
87. Be2 Bc6 88. Kc3 Kg6 89. Kb3 Kh7 90. Kc3 Ba4 91. Kd4 Kg6 92. Kc4
Kg7 93. Bh5 Bc6 94. Kb3 Bb5 95. Ka3 Kf8 96. Bd1 Bc6 97. Bc2 1/2-1/2

Position after 28.Bh6


[fen]1q4k1/p2p1p1p/4p1pB/2b1Pb2/2P4Q/1r5P/5PP1/2R2BK1[/fen]

Position after 60...Kb8

[fen]1k6/3p4/4p2p/pbP1Pp1B/5P1P/2K5/8/8[/fen]
[Event "03:14 23/12/10"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2010.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MChessPro8"]
[Black "Hiarcs13.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600"]
{H13.1: 8192Kb 2788 Elo [%lev 4,4] [%hopt -265696237] [%rmv 181] [%tns 1,224555983] [%ctv 0]}

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qf3 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Bf4
h5 13. Qg3 Kf7 14. Rd8 Kg7 15. Bxc7 h4 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Nxa3
Nh6 18. Rxh8 Kxh8 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Na5 b5 21. Rd1 Nf7 22. Bb6
Rc8 23. Nb3 Re8 24. Bd4 Kg7 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. f4 g5 27. e5 fxe5
28. fxe5 Kg6 29. Re1 Nd8 30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Rd1 Nf7 32. e6 Nd8 33. e7
Ne6 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35. Bb4 g4 36. Bc5 a5 37. a4 Kf6 38. c3 Ke5
39. Bd4+ Kf5 40. Rf1+ Kg5 41. Bf6+ Kh5 42. Re1 g3+ 43. Kg1 Bd7
44. Re5+ Kg6 45. Bxh4 Kf7 46. Re3 Rh8 47. Bg5 Rg8 48. Rxg3 bxa4
49. Rf3+ Ke6 50. Re3+ Kf7 51. Bh4 Rg4 52. Rf3+ Ke6 53. g3 Be8
54. Rf6+ Kd7 55. Rf2 c5 56. Rd2+ Ke6 57. Kf2 a3 58. bxa3 Ra4
59. Rd8 Kf7 60. Ke2 Rxa3 61. Kd3 Rb3 62. Rd5 Rb7 63. Rxc5 Ra7
64. Rf5+ Ke6 65. Rf6+ Kd7 66. c4 a4 67. Kc2 a3 68. Kb1 Ra4 69. Rf4
a2+ 70. Ka1 Ra3 71. Rd4+ Ke6 72. c5 Ra6 73. Rb4 Rc6 74. Rb5 Ra6
75. Rb6+ Rxb6 76. cxb6 Kd6 77. g4 Kc6 78. Bf2 Bf7 79. g5 Kb7
80. g6 Bxg6 81. Kxa2 Bf7+ 82. Kb2 Kc8 83. Kc3 Kd7 84. Kd4 Kd6
85. Bg3+ Kc6 86. Bc7 Bg6 87. Ke5 Be8 88. Kf6 Bh5 89. Kg7 Be8
90. Kf8 Bg6 1-0

Position After 16.Qa3

[fen]r1bR2nr/1pB3k1/p1p2pp1/2q5/4P2p/Q7/PPP2PPK/RN6[/fen]

Position After 60....Rxa3

[fen]3Rb3/4Pk2/8/p1p5/7B/r1P3P1/4K3/8[/fen]

[Site ""]
[Date "2010.12.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hiarcs13.1"]
[Black "MChessPro8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600"]
{H13.1: 8192Kb 2788 Elo [%lev 4,4] [%hopt -265696237] [%rmv 109] [%tns 67843251,1] [%ctv 0]}

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rac1 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8
13. a3 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3
Ne4 18. a4 Bf6 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 a6 21. b3 Rab8 22. Kf1 d6
23. h4 Kh8 24. Kg2 h6 25. b4 d5 26. b5 axb5 27. cxd5 Nc3 28. Rd2
Nxd5 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Nxb5 Nxe3+ 31. fxe3 Qa6 32. Nd6 Rf8 33. Qc6
Kg8 34. e4 Be5 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 Rd8 37. Nc4 Rxd2 38. Nxd2
f6 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. Kf3 h5 41. e5 g5 42. exf6 g4+ 43. Kf2 Kf7
44. e4 Kxf6 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kh2 Ke7 49. Kg2
Kf7 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Kf2 Kg6 53. Kg2 Kh7 54. Kf2 Kg6
1/2-1/2

Position after 30.Nxb5
[fen]2r4k/1q3pp1/1p2pb1p/1N1n4/P6P/4BQP1/3RPPK1/8[/fen]

Position after 50...Kf6
[fen]8/2b5/1p2pk2/1P5p/2N1P1pP/6P1/5K2/8[/fen]

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MChessPro8"]
[Black " Hiarcs 13.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[PlyCount "335"]

1. f4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nge2 Nc6 5. Ng3 Qd4 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c3 Bg4 8.
Qa4 e6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 O-O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. a4 a5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. bxa5
Nxa5 15. Qf3 c6 16. Nd4 Rxd4 17. cxd4 Nb3 18. Qc3 Qb4 19. Qb2 Rd8 20. a5 Nxa1
21. Qxa1 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. a6 Rxf4 24. axb7+ Kxb7 25. Rf1 Ra4 26. Bb2 f6
27. Bc3 Bd6 28. g3 Bc5 29. Rf3 Bg4 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Bf5 32. d4 Bd6 33. Bd2
c5 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. Bf3+ Kb6 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. h4 Kb5 38. Be3 Kc4 39. Kf2 Kd3
40. Be2+ Kc3 41. Bf3 Bd3 42. Bc6 Bc4 43. Ba4 g6 44. Kf3 f5 45. Be8 Bd5+ 46. Ke2
Bf6 47. h5 Bc4+ 48. Kf3 Kd3 49. Bc1 gxh5 50. Bxh5 Bd5+ 51. Kg3 e5 52. fxe5
Bxe5+ 53. Bf4 Bf6 54. Bc1 Be7 55. Kf4 Be4 56. Kg3 Bc5 57. Bf4 Bb4 58. Kf2 Be7
59. Be2+ Kd4 60. Kg3 Bb4 61. Kf2 Kd5 62. Bh5 Ke6 63. Be2 Kf7 64. Bh5+ Kf6 65.
Be8 Bc5+ 66. Kg3 Bd4 67. Bh6 Bc3 68. Kf2 Be5 69. Ke3 Bd6 70. Bh5 Bc5+ 71. Kf4
Bb4 72. Ke3 Bc2 73. Kd4 Ba3 74. Kc3 Ba4 75. Bf4 Bc5 76. Kc4 Bf2 77. Kb4 Bc6 78.
Kc4 Be4 79. Kc3 Ba8 80. Kd3 Bd5 81. Ke2 Bb6 82. Kf1 Bd4 83. Bh6 Be5 84. Kf2 Bd6
85. Ke3 Bb3 86. Be8 Bd1 87. Kd2 Bf3 88. Ke3 Bg4 89. Kf2 f4 90. Kf1 Bf3 91. Kf2
Bd1 92. Ke1 Bb3 93. Bh5 Bd5 94. Kf2 Bc5+ 95. Ke2 Kf5 96. Bf3 Bc4+ 97. Ke1 Bf7
98. Kf1 Bd6 99. Bg7 h5 100. Kg2 h4 101. Bc3 Kg5 102. Ba5 Be7 103. Bb6 Be6 104.
Bc7 Bc8 105. Kh2 Bf5 106. Kg2 Bd7 107. Kh2 Bc8 108. Kg2 Bf5 109. Kh2 Bd7 110.
Kg2 Be6 111. Kh2 Bf6 112. Kg2 Bb3 113. Bd6 Kf5 114. Kh2 Be6 115. Kh3 Kg5+ 116.
Kh2 Bf5 117. Kg2 Bd7 118. Bc7 Be6 119. Kh2 Bf5 120. Kg2 Bd7 121. Kh2 Bc8 122.
Kg2 Kf5 123. Bc6 Kg4 124. Bf3+ Kg5 125. Kh2 Kf5 126. Kh3 Ba6 127. Kg2 Bc4 128.
Ba5 Bf7 129. Kh3 Kg5 130. Bc7 Bc4 131. Kg2 Bb5 132. Ba5 Ba4 133. Bc7 Bc2 134.
Ba5 Kf5 135. Bd2 Bd3 136. Bb7 Be2 137. Kf2 Bd1 138. Bc8+ Kg5 139. Ke1 Bb3 140.
Bh3 Bd4 141. Ke2 Bc4+ 142. Kf3 Bd5+ 143. Ke2 Bc4+ 144. Kf3 Be5 145. Ke4 Bd6
146. Ba5 Be2 147. Bd7 f3 148. Bb6 Bh2 149. Be3+ Kh5 150. Bd4 Bb8 151. Bf2 Bc7
152. Be8+ Kg4 153. Bd7+ Kg5 154. Be3+ Kh5 155. Bh3 Bg3 156. Bd7 Bd6 157. Bf2
Bb4 158. Be3 Be1 159. Kf5 h3 160. Bg5 Bd3+ 161. Kf4 h2 162. Bg4+ Kg6 163. Bxf3
Bf2 164. Bh1 Kh5 165. Bf3+ Kg6 166. Bd8 h1=Q 167. Bxh1 Bd4 168. Bg2 1/2-1/2

Position after 29....Bg4
[fen]8/1k4pp/2p1pp2/2b5/r5b1/2B2RP1/3PB2P/4K3[/fen]

Position after 60.Kg3
[fen]8/4b2p/8/5p2/3kbB2/6K1/4B3/8[/fen]

[Mark Uniacke]

Nice to see Hiarcs on the old Palm devices can still hack it even when the nps rate is heavily against it.

[Alibaba]

Hi,

i started a match with Hiarcs 13.3 running on iPhone 4 using tournament book vs M-Chess Pro 7.1 running on i7 2600. Now M-Chess can use 60 MB for hash and using its standard book....
Time control is 90min + 30s

1. Game of the match is running at the moment with live broadcast on chessbase server...

Enjoy the game!

Regards
Andi

[barquero37]

Hello, I take that Mark has entered the conversation, asking if Palm Hiarcs 13.1 series will be improved, for example with a version 13.2, adding a new algorithm (eg the number 12.3), or removing the lock deep 18. thanks