Thanks for testing Hiarcs 11.2 Ray! Even if the result is a bit unexpected it is important to know how strong the new version is.
I think that Mark should go back trying to improve Hiarcs in Normal Playing Style, so that we would just have to switch on Hypermodern to get some extra elopoints. That seemed to work better
By the way Ray, I think it may also be a good thing that in your FRC testings all engines play each other even if the Elo rating shows a big gap. If the Elo rating system works as it should, also for computer chess, it should of course not matter at all how large the difference between opponents is. And if it does make a difference for the final results it is possible that playing all against all, or something approaching this, is still the best way, although the picture comparing versions that are closer in the list may suffer a little the integrity of the whole list is probably better, especially with the big amount of games that you are playing to reduce randomness.
I think it is possible Harm Geert Muller might say something similar but at the moment I believe he is more busy with discussing multithreading issues with Robert Hyatt
A propos, maybe you or Jorge knows a bit more this, I could not find anything about whether the Chess960 version of Rybka will be separately available or maybe just an option for Rybka 3.0? Maybe I missed it if Vasik Rajlich already said something about this? I have not yet bought Rybka 2.3 but the 3.0 is still such a long time away to wait for
Thanks for doing your tests Ray!
Fischer Random Regards,
Eelco