51st CSVN programmers tournament Leiden 2017 - Hiarcs wins

[mjlef]

A nice win in Round 1

full details at http://www.csvn.nl/index.php/nieuws/51- ... tournament

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Armenius"]
[Black "HIARCS 14.771o x64 MP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[TimeControl "6300:2700+6"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.O-O d5 8.Bd3 Bg4 9.e5 Ne8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc7 12.Rfe1 Ne6 13.Be3 c5 14.dxc5 d4 15.Qxb7 Nd7 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Qd5 Ne6 18.c6 Nb6 19.Qf3 Qc8 20.a4 Nd4 21.Qe3 Nxc6 22.f4 Rb8 23.Qe4 e6 24.Bb5 Ne7 25.Kh2 a6 26.Bd3 Nd7 27.Reb1 Nc5 28.Qe2 g5 29.g3 gxf4 30.gxf4 Bh6 31.Rf1 Rxb2 32.Rad1 Nxd3 33.Qxd3 Ng6 34.Ne4 Rxc2+ 35.Kh1 Kh8 36.Qg3 Qc6 37.Qe3 Rb8 38.Kg1 Nh4 0-1

Congratulations on the win! It will be great to see when this version of Hiarcs is released. It was good to note Komodo's games and select a good opening against it, and carry home the win.

A few people have asked me about Komodo's entry, and this single game loss. We never intended to enter Komodo in this manner in this tournament. Hans approached us via email about entering Komodo. I assumed we could not since we could not afford to attend with any Komodo Team members. We never arranged a machine, or an opening book. But somehow due to miscommunication it looks like Komodo participated anyway.

I want to make it clear that me, Larry and Erdo did not select the opening book. We did not supply a machine. Or even a recent version of Komodo. When we enter things we try to always use the best machine, book and Komodo version we have. But that did not happen here. Komodo ran on a 4 core machine here. We generally use at least a 24 core machine. I did not even know we were playing until the whole thing was over. So consider this a bit of a handicap match for Komodo. Of course, Hiarcs could have gained a lot of elo recently, which would be great. And anything can happen in a short tournament. It is what makes them exciting!

We look forward to competing again soon. And nice work by Mark and Harvey!

Mark Lefler

[pdvossen]

Looking forward to seeing the new engine being finished and utilized in a new Hiarcs 15. Hiarcs has the best and most simple interface to use. I have Computer Assistant 17, Chess King 2017 Platinum, Komodo 10 and others, but Hiarcs is the easiest to organize games and install engines in its interface. Look forward to an update and new engine.

I hope for great success in the near future Mark and company.

Patrick

PS. I do like Chess King for simply training but only Houdini can be used. Simple and nice, but not near the options Hiarcs gives me.