I play against CMX for the most part ( F9 also) because of the varied strength personalities available and especially because the DGT board is compatible (through GameKeeper) with CMX and F9K. In fact F9 & DGT work better together than CMX & DGT.
A combination of Fritz 9 & CMX rate me around 1600.
I would purchase Hiarcs if I could have the same as described above.
1. Does Hiarcs have variable strength personalities that play a reasonably good ( not just hanging
pieces etc) game at the lower elo ?.Eg. 1600.
2. Does Hiarcs have it’s own GUI? Is it compatible with the DGT board?
3. What is my best option based on the above?
Thanks for any replies, Jaimes
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Hi Jaimes,
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1) Hiarcs has an adjustable elo scale from 1250 up, whilst this doesn't give you massive swings in style like the CM personalities, it does give you a progressive scale to mark yourself against IMHO
2) Unless you buy the Chessbase product Hiarcs doesn't come with a GUI.
To be honest you'd do better buying Hiarcs 11 direct from Mark and using a free GUI like Arena which is compatible with your DGT board and a much stronger combination then the older Chessbase product.
Hope that helps?
Paul
If I can reply
1) Hiarcs has an adjustable elo scale from 1250 up, whilst this doesn't give you massive swings in style like the CM personalities, it does give you a progressive scale to mark yourself against IMHO
2) Unless you buy the Chessbase product Hiarcs doesn't come with a GUI.
To be honest you'd do better buying Hiarcs 11 direct from Mark and using a free GUI like Arena which is compatible with your DGT board and a much stronger combination then the older Chessbase product.
Hope that helps?
Paul
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Re: Hiarcs software - Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Jaimes,Jaimes Conda wrote:I play against CMX for the most part ( F9 also) because of the varied strength personalities available and especially because the DGT board is compatible (through GameKeeper) with CMX and F9K. In fact F9 & DGT work better together than CMX & DGT.
A combination of Fritz 9 & CMX rate me around 1600.
I would purchase Hiarcs if I could have the same as described above.
1. Does Hiarcs have variable strength personalities that play a reasonably good ( not just hanging
pieces etc) game at the lower elo ?.Eg. 1600.
2. Does Hiarcs have it’s own GUI? Is it compatible with the DGT board?
3. What is my best option based on the above?
Thanks for any replies, Jaimes
I think you should be able to use Hiarcs as a UCI engine in Fritz 9 and there is a UCI_Elo setting for Hiarcs 11.2 where as stated above, allows you to set engine strength. So you can still use a DGT Board with the Fritz interface.
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Re: Hiarcs software - Any help would be appreciated.
Ted,Ted Summers wrote:Hi Jaimes,Jaimes Conda wrote:I play against CMX for the most part ( F9 also) because of the varied strength personalities available and especially because the DGT board is compatible (through GameKeeper) with CMX and F9K. In fact F9 & DGT work better together than CMX & DGT.
A combination of Fritz 9 & CMX rate me around 1600.
I would purchase Hiarcs if I could have the same as described above.
1. Does Hiarcs have variable strength personalities that play a reasonably good ( not just hanging
pieces etc) game at the lower elo ?.Eg. 1600.
2. Does Hiarcs have it’s own GUI? Is it compatible with the DGT board?
3. What is my best option based on the above?
Thanks for any replies, Jaimes
I think you should be able to use Hiarcs as a UCI engine in Fritz 9 and there is a UCI_Elo setting for Hiarcs 11.2 where as stated above, allows you to set engine strength. So you can still use a DGT Board with the Fritz interface.
Hello.How are you? Once again great info. Many thanks...Jaimes.
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Your help does help........thanks Jaimes.Wardy wrote:Hi Jaimes,
If I can reply
1) Hiarcs has an adjustable elo scale from 1250 up, whilst this doesn't give you massive swings in style like the CM personalities, it does give you a progressive scale to mark yourself against IMHO
2) Unless you buy the Chessbase product Hiarcs doesn't come with a GUI.
To be honest you'd do better buying Hiarcs 11 direct from Mark and using a free GUI like Arena which is compatible with your DGT board and a much stronger combination then the older Chessbase product.
Hope that helps?
Paul