Paderborn 2007/8 - HIARCS WINS!

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Dr.Wael Deeb
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Post by Dr.Wael Deeb »

Mark Uniacke wrote:I have added the HIARCS games to www.hiarcs.com so they can be viewed online using a palview player.

Anyone interested can view the games here: http://www.hiarcs.com/Games/pader07/pader07.htm
Thanks Mark,much appreciated :D
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Mark Uniacke wrote:Fantastic news! :D

Many congratulations and thanks must go to Sebastian who not only operated HIARCS at Paderborn but also prepared (with Harvey) an outstanding opening book for HIARCS to use.

Unfortunately, this is may be too late for the new years honours list but if anyone knows the PM or Queen put a good word in for Sebi! :D

Incredible performance, many many thanks Sebi, Harvey and Team HIARCS. 8)

With such a superb team 2008 offers a lot of promise...
Just to add to the credits above:

Thanks to Mark for a superb engine. Thanks to Eric and Mark for the general book which sat under the small book Sebi and I created. Thanks also to Andre, Christian and Enrico for their testing and help.

A nice way to finish 2007 for Hiarcs and a great start to 2008.

Happy New Year to all,

Harvey
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Harvey Williamson wrote:
Mark Uniacke wrote:Fantastic news! :D

Many congratulations and thanks must go to Sebastian who not only operated HIARCS at Paderborn but also prepared (with Harvey) an outstanding opening book for HIARCS to use.

Unfortunately, this is may be too late for the new years honours list but if anyone knows the PM or Queen put a good word in for Sebi! :D

Incredible performance, many many thanks Sebi, Harvey and Team HIARCS. 8)

With such a superb team 2008 offers a lot of promise...
Just to add to the credits above:

Thanks to Mark for a superb engine. Thanks to Eric and Mark for the general book which sat under the small book Sebi and I created. Thanks also to Andre, Christian and Enrico for their testing and help.

A nice way to finish 2007 for Hiarcs and a great start to 2008.

Happy New Year to all,

Harvey
Yes, I 100% agree. HIARCS is a team effort and everyone has helped a great deal.

Over the years many have contributed, the list is very long since I have been writing HIARCS since the last ice age :shock: , but special mention should go to Eric, Enrico and Harvey who have pushed me and HIARCS on even through dark days to reach new levels. :D

In 2007 we have pushed on and our extended team has great skills and experience in many areas which bodes well for the future.

We look forward to 2008.

Happy New Year to all.
Best wishes,
Mark

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The official Final table:

Rank Name Fed Points Bhz.
1 Hiarcs GB 5,5 25,5
2 Rybka USA 5,5 24,5
3 Cluster Toga GER 5 27
4 Jonny GER 4 25,5
5 Shredder GER 4 24,5
6 Spike GER 4 23,5
7 Diep NL 2,5 23
8 Gandalf DEN 2 24
9 Isichess GER 1,5 24
10 ParSOS GER 1 23,5
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Post by Dylan Sharp »

Congrats to the Hiarcs Team, even though I consider it a shared first place.

Happy 2008!
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Post by AMD64inside »

Congratulations and very well done to Team Hiarcs.

H12 Regards

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Post by sidserious »

Hi Harvey,

Congratulations on a fine win for the Hiarcs Team. Very nice, indeed!

Best Wishes,

Robert
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http://www.hiarcs.com/Games/pader07/pader07.pgn

Download all the Hiarcs games as a pgn here
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Post by Harvey Williamson »

Congratulations from Jeroen:
In the end we ended on 5.5 points, just like Hiarcs. Hiarcs won because of the better Bochholz score, something we already knew before the last round was started: a simple calculation showed that a Hiarcs victory was enough to clinch victory. Of course I'd like to congratulate the Hiarcs team for this splendid achievement! Mark, Harvey, Sebastian, well done!
He then said to people on the Rybka Forum:
I hope you liked our live coverage and of course don't be too depressed because of '2nd spot only'
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Post by Hetman »

Hi,
congratulations - Hiarcs won. It was clear 1st place.
The Buchholtz is important in the Swiss tournament because the opponents have differrent resisting power :-).

Rgds
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Post by Dr.Wael Deeb »

BTW,had Hiarcs learning function been enabled through the tournament,just a thought which crossed my mind :!: :?:
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Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:BTW,had Hiarcs learning function been enabled through the tournament,just a thought which crossed my mind :!: :?:
Hi Dr. D,

Yes learning was on.

Happy New Year,

Harvey
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Post by Mark Ryan »

Congratulations!

At the risk of saying something naive, I have always felt that Hiarcs is the engine with the most potential for constant improvement because it is knowledge-based, and, well, we never stop learning. (I know that there are more issues involved, but I'm sure it's a factor.)

I am now even more eager for the release of Hiarcs 12.
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Post by Vinvin »

For me, it's clear I'll buy Hiarcs 12 (in the latest chessbase interface) as soon as possible :!: :!: :!:
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Dear Mark,Harvey and the entire Hiarcs Team,

You did well. Most impressive.

Tim Frohlick

PS Happy New Year!
Harvey Williamson wrote:http://www.hiarcs.com/Games/pader07/pader07.pgn

Download all the Hiarcs games as a pgn here
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