PlayChess Engine Room

[M ANSARI]

Which room is the "learn how to levitate" in ???

I always wanted to learn how to do that . I am quite sure that it looks much more impressive in a static photo than in dynamic life.

[Steve B]

Which room is the "learn how to levitate" in ???

I always wanted to learn how to do that . I am quite sure that it looks much more impressive in a static photo than in dynamic life.

That Room would be the "Cafe" playing room
where along with casual games ..players have been known to take the occasional "toke" or two


Peace Regards
Steve

[Harvey Williamson]

I find the service in general poor.

It's a shame, because the interface is really good.

It would be great if they would allow engines other than Chessbase engines in the Main playing hall - there's no point in running my engine in the engine room vs Rybka / Stockfish all the time.

So I use the ICC. Friendly, helpful, and lots of opponents of similar strength for my engine.

I've sent repeated emails to Chessbase over the years, and never had a reply.

Richard

Hi Richard,

You are right I have only seen Shredder, Fritz and Hiarcs in the Main room basically each, CB, author gets one account capable of doing this. Personally I think it might be a nice idea to allow other authors access. I have set up a central place where all these ideas can be discussed and any good ones I will bring to the attention of CB. http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=17

Happy New Year,
Harvey

[Harvey Williamson]

hi harvey

i go not in the bootcamp! never!



NEVER!!!

Michi,

If you don't go to Bootcamp this year and loose 50 Kilo's I think you may be booted out

Happy New Year,
Harvey

[M ANSARI]

I find the service in general poor.

It's a shame, because the interface is really good.

It would be great if they would allow engines other than Chessbase engines in the Main playing hall - there's no point in running my engine in the engine room vs Rybka / Stockfish all the time.

So I use the ICC. Friendly, helpful, and lots of opponents of similar strength for my engine.

I've sent repeated emails to Chessbase over the years, and never had a reply.

Richard

Hi Richard,

You are right I have only seen Shredder, Fritz and Hiarcs in the Main room basically each, CB, author gets one account capable of doing this. Personally I think it might be a nice idea to allow other authors access. I have set up a central place where all these ideas can be discussed and any good ones I will bring to the attention of CB. http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=17

Happy New Year,
Harvey

I think that would be a fantastic idea. I am sure if ONLY the engine author can have ONE authorized player to use his engine then this would be very interesting indeed. I am sure there are a few GM's who would like to see what it would feel like to go against a Rybka Cluster 72cores or even a Hiarcs or DF 12 on Nehalem 8 cores at 5 0. As a sadist I have to admit I would enjoy watching something like that . To be fair I would think the games should be unrated where maybe even Kasparov might have a go at it. Certainly a win by a human against one of these machines would have more bragging rights than having more mistresses than Tiger Woods!

[Harvey Williamson]

I find the service in general poor.

It's a shame, because the interface is really good.

It would be great if they would allow engines other than Chessbase engines in the Main playing hall - there's no point in running my engine in the engine room vs Rybka / Stockfish all the time.

So I use the ICC. Friendly, helpful, and lots of opponents of similar strength for my engine.

I've sent repeated emails to Chessbase over the years, and never had a reply.

Richard

Hi Richard,

You are right I have only seen Shredder, Fritz and Hiarcs in the Main room basically each, CB, author gets one account capable of doing this. Personally I think it might be a nice idea to allow other authors access. I have set up a central place where all these ideas can be discussed and any good ones I will bring to the attention of CB. http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=17

Happy New Year,
Harvey

I think that would be a fantastic idea. I am sure if ONLY the engine author can have ONE authorized player to use his engine then this would be very interesting indeed. I am sure there are a few GM's who would like to see what it would feel like to go against a Rybka Cluster 72cores or even a Hiarcs or DF 12 on Nehalem 8 cores at 5 0. As a sadist I have to admit I would enjoy watching something like that . To be fair I would think the games should be unrated where maybe even Kasparov might have a go at it. Certainly a win by a human against one of these machines would have more bragging rights than having more mistresses than Tiger Woods!

Hiarcs plays there often - in 2 years no losses(except due to internet problems) a couple of draws last draw was 300 games ago - played many GMs in these games - so it is not a lot of fun and you don't need a Cluster. I usually set the Hiarcs book on Surprise - works a lot better than playing the mainlines.

[M ANSARI]

A good idea would be to have a bonus increment for the human ... maybe 10 seconds a move. Do you have those games played against human GM's. I know that Kasparov has beaten Hiarcs a few times, but that must have been more than 2 years ago.

[Harvey Williamson]

A good idea would be to have a bonus increment for the human ... maybe 10 seconds a move. Do you have those games played against human GM's. I know that Kasparov has beaten Hiarcs a few times, but that must have been more than 2 years ago.

All good points - No games that I know of against K but some v Raffael who some allege is K but they were long before Hiarcs was playing on any kind of fast machine and before I had control of the nick.

Here is 1 example going back to 2008 when http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1629 2 draws out of 20 games v a 3100 player. in 2009 I think Hiarcs had a 100% record but I would have to check.

[Roman Hartmann]

The only issues I ever had there were related to misunderstandings. Otherwise it was a fine place with a lot of nice people and a few annoying ones. Almost like in real life

Roman

[Richard Allbert]

Hi Harvey,

Thanks for the reply... I'll do that.

Playchess is still very good... especially for normal chess. A couple of tweaks would make it good for computer chess!

Richard