Is Sigma Hiarcs currently the best chess software for Mac? How do you
compare it to Fritz?

Thank you,

Ponty

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Ponty wrote:

Is Sigma Hiarcs currently the best chess software for Mac? How do you
compare it to Fritz?

The Sigma interface sucks.

Hiarcs is a good, strong engine. I'm not familiar enough with it to talk
intelligently about how it compares to Fritz, but it's a good engine.

But, like I said, the Sigmachess program itself blows.

(I've found Gambit to be much more useful, but I think it only uses the
Crafty engine, which is not a particularly strong engine as engines go).

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The Sigma interface sucks.

Could you please elaborate a little?

Ponty

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Ponty wrote:

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The Sigma interface sucks.

Could you please elaborate a little?

Ponty

I think there's a demo version, so you can try it out for yourself.

But it basically doesn't handle variations, making it useless for
analysis.

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But it basically doesn't handle variations, making it useless for
analysis.

How do other programs handle variations? Again, could you elaborate a
little?

Ponty

Ponty wrote:
Ron wrote:
But it basically doesn't handle variations, making it useless for
analysis.

How do other programs handle variations? Again, could you elaborate a
little?

Fritz, for example, will allow you to store a complete game plus
variations all at once. As you move through the game, you have the
option of either entering a variation or continuing with the main
line. When you enter a variation, you don't lose the main line, but
can go back to it, later.


Dave.

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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ of God that's possessed by Satan but
it's genuinely evil!

On Mar 26, 7:52 am, Ponty wrote:
Is Sigma Hiarcs currently the best chess software for Mac? How do you
compare it to Fritz?

Thank you,

Ponty

Can someone tell me rating of Fritz.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

On Mar 26, 11:36 am, "Sanny" wrote:

Can someone tell me rating of Fritz.

Bye
Sanny

http://web.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm

Can someone tell me rating of Fritz.

Bye
Sanny

Fritz is almost as good as GetClubbed

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On Mar 26, 11:36 am, "Sanny" wrote:

Can someone tell me rating of Fritz.


slightly old list - rybka is now 3000+


1.. 284 2876 Rybka 2.2n (The 64-bit and Dual processor versions are up to
40 Elo stronger!)
2.. 283 2867 Rybka 2.1c (The 64-bit and Dual processor versions are up to
40 Elo stronger!)
3.. 283 2864 Rybka 2.3 (The 64-bit and Dual processor versions are up to
40 Elo stronger!)
4.. 282 2856 Rybka 1.2f (300+ games played)
5.. 275 2811 Fritz 10
6.. 270 2766 Shredder 10 (300+ games played. For Deep Shredder10 add +40
Elo for Dual-Core PC)
7.. 270 2766 Hiarcs 10 (Hiarcs X50uci appears to be 10-15 Elo stronger)
8.. 269 2757 Fruit2.2 WCCC05
9.. 267 2740 Fritz9
10.. 264 2715 Shredder9
11.. 263 2710 Shredder8
12.. 259 2679 Zap! (only 100 games played so far, may go up/down a bit
yet! Zanzibar version around 80 Elo stronger!)
13.. 258 2669 Junior9 (Deep Junior9 add +40 Elo on Dual PC, +70 on Quad
PC))
14.. 258 2668 Junior8
15.. 259 2673 Fritz8 (Deep Fritz7/8 add +40 Elo on Dual PC, +70 on Quad
PC. Fritz8-Bilbao probably +20 Elo)
16.. 256 2653 Hiarcs9 (Hiarcs9.6 MAC appears to be +30/40 Elo improvement
17.. 256 2642 Chess Tiger15
18.. 255 2641 Chess Tiger14
19.. 255 2640 Chessmaster9000
20.. 252 2624 Hiarcs8
21.. 251 2610 Gandalf 6
22.. 250 2602 Rebel Century4
23.. 250 2600 Ruffian2



Bye
Sanny

http://web.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm