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| Palm PDA Chess RatingsPresented here are the ratings and results of matches played by the new Palm HIARCS chess product. We update this page as the matches and game results come in. You can also see the match played against GM Jan Gustafsson on this page.
Please note: Large Hash table size can have a
significant positive affect on performance. The results coming in from customers
for Palm Hiarcs on a Tungsten T3 are exceptionally good. This list will be periodically updated as
further results come
in. OverviewTotal match scores against our PDA chess competition so far: Palm Chess Hiarcs v Chess Tiger 15.1 66 - 7 (90.41%) - implies Palm Hiarcs is about 410 Elo stronger than the latest Chess Tiger 15.1. Palm Chess Hiarcs v Chess Genius 2.1 63½ - 16½ (79.37%) - implies Palm Hiarcs is about 234 Elo stronger than the latest Chess Genius 2.1. Palm Chess Hiarcs v Pocket Fritz 2 92 - 66 (58.2%) - implies Palm Hiarcs is about 59 Elo stronger than the latest Pocket Fritz 2. Palm Chess Hiarcs v Pocket Grandmaster 11 - 3 (78.57%) - implies Palm Hiarcs is about 225 Elo stronger than the latest Pocket Grandmaster.
Matches with dedicated chess computersA comprehensive set of matches have been run by Clive Munro, an independent computer chess tester. These chess matches have taken place over the last 6 months between the best Palm chess software and the best dedicated chess computers. The games were all played at Game in 60 minutes. The Palm chess programs all ran on a standard Zire 21.
These 150 games give a clear picture of the relative performance strengths of the chess programs in these matches:
These chess ratings mean Palm Chess HIARCS would be expected to score an 80% result against Palm Chess Genius and a 93.5% result against Palm Chess Tiger. Palm Chess HIARCS is clearly the strongest chess program ever on Palm based PDAs. Match ResultsGames played at 40 moves in 2 hours:Palm HIARCS 9.5a on Tungsten E v Star
Sapphire 19½-½
(+19-0=1, 97.5%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 (iPAQ
2210/400Mhz) 4-0 (+4-0=0, 100%) Download
PGN CBV Games played at Game in 2 hours:Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 v Palm Chess Tiger 15.1 (both on Zire 71) 9-3 (75%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on Tungsten C v Pocket Fritz 2 Compaq 2210 3½-2½ (+3-2=1, 58.3%) Download Games Palm Chess Hiarcs (Tungsten C/400Mhz) v Pocket Genius (iPAQ 2210/400Mhz) 3½-½ (+3-0=1, 87.5%) Download PGN CBV Palm Chess Hiarcs (Tungsten C/400Mhz) v Pocket Crafty (iPAQ 2210/400Mhz) 4-0 (+4-0=0, 100%) Download PGN CBV Palm Chess Hiarcs (Tungsten C/400Mhz) v Pocket Grandmaster Gromit (iPAQ
2210/400Mhz) 4-0 (+4-0=0, 100%) Download PGN
CBV Games played at Game in 60 minutes +15 seconds per move:Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.5 on Zire 72/520 v ChessMaster 10000 PC XP/3200+
½-½ Play through game Games played at Game in 60 minutes:Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 Axim X5/400Mhz 12½-7½ (+9-4=7, 62.5%) Download PGN CBV Palm Chess Hiarcs on Sony NX70V v Pocket Chess Genius 1.5 Compaq 2630/206Mhz 15-5 (+12=6-2, 75%) Download Games Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 21 v Tasc R30 ver 2.5 1995
6½-3½ (+4-1=5, 65%) Download PGN
CBV Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 31 v Junior 8 on PC P3/600 ½-½ (+0-0=1, 50%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Tiger 15.1
Tungsten-E 1-1 (+1-1=0, 50%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Genius 2.1
Tungsten-E 2-0 (+2-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on Sony NX70V v Pocket Fritz 2 Compaq 2630/206Mhz
13-7 (+11=4-5, 65%) Download PGN Games Games played at 40 moves in 40 minutes:
Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 (iPAQ
2210/400Mhz) 5-7 (+4-6=2,
41.7%) Download PGN CBV Games played at Game in 30 minutes + 5 seconds a move:Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Tungsten C v Pocket Fritz 2++ with
Shredder Classic book Compaq 2210/400Mhz 20-22 (+14-16=12,
47.6%) Download PGN CBV Games played at Game in 30 minutes:Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on T3 v Palm Chess Genius 2.1 on
T3
11-1 (+10-0=2, 91.6%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 iPAQ 4155
5½-2½ (+4-1=3, 68.8%) Download
PGN Games Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 31 v Junior 8 on PC P3/600Mhz ½-1½ (+0-1=1, 25%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.5 on T3 v Friz 6 on PC Centrino 1.8Ghz ½-1½ (+0-1=1, 25%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Tiger 15.1
Tungsten-E 2-0 (+2-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Genius 2.1
Tungsten-E 2-0 (+2-0=0, 100%) Games played at Game in 15 minutes:Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.41 on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 Axim
X5/400Mhz 7-3 (+6-2=2, 70%) Download PGN
CBV Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 31 v Junior 8 on PC P3/600Mhz 1-1 (+0-0=2, 50%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on T3 v Deep Sjeng on Mac 1.25Ghz 1½-2½ (+1-2=1, 37.5%) Download PGN Games Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 21 v Tasc R30 ver 2.5 1995 2-0 (+2-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Tiger 15.1
Tungsten-E 2-0 (+2-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.3 on Zire 21 v Chess Genius 2.1
Tungsten-E 1-1 (+1-1=0, 50%) Games played at Game in 10 minutes:Palm Chess Hiarcs v Palm Chess Tiger (both on Sony TJ35) 22-0
(+22-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs v Palm Chess Tiger (both on Zire21) 10-0 (+10-0=0, 100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on Zire 21 v Mephisto Risc
1 10-0
(+10-0=0,
100%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 iPAQ 5550 3½-2½ (+2-1=3, 58.3%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Crafty 18.12 (P3/1Ghz) 2½-1½ (+1-0=3, 62.5%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Hiarcs 7 (PPro/200Mhz)
3½-½ (+3-0=1, 87.5%) Games played at Game in 5 minutes:Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Pocket Fritz 2 iPAQ 4155 6-4 (+5-3=2, 60%) Download PGN Games Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on Zire 31 v Fritz 8 on PC P3/600Mhz 1-1 (+0-0=2, 50%) Palm Chess Hiarcs 9.46 on T3 v Chess Tiger 15 on PC Xeon 3.06Ghz ½-½ (+0-0=1, 50%) Palm Chess Hiarcs on T3 v Shredder 8 Dual AMD 2.2Ghz Opterons ½-½ (+0-0=1,
50%)* *Played on ICC by a customer. Shredder 8 had a time advantage as it was using G/5+5 fischer clock while Hiarcs being manually operated had to be set to Game in 5 minutes so the moves could be relayed on ICC! This game has not been included in the Palm Hiarcs rating even though it would increase it. Please note in brackets you will see the wins, losses and draws in these matches denoted by +, - and = respectively. Palm HIARCS 9.5 wins 4 game Internet Match with GM Jan Gustafsson22nd-24th January 2005, Palm HIARCS 9.5 played a four game internet match against the strong Grandmaster Jan Gustafsson of Germany. GM Jan Gustafsson is a rapidly rising GM with a FIDE rating of 2616 Elo which puts him in the top 100 chess players in the world! Palm HIARCS scored a sensational match win 3-1 with 2 wins and 2 draws. The match took place on the Chessbase Play Chess Internet Server in the machine room. The rate of play was game in 30 minutes with 10 seconds extra per move. All the games were hard fought and our respect goes to GM Jan Gustafsson for taking up the challenge and playing for the win in each game. You can play through all games here or each game individually below: Game 1 - 22nd Jan 2005: GM Jan Gustafsson v Palm HIARCS (click to play through game) Game 2 - 22nd Jan 2005: Palm HIARCS v GM Jan Gustafsson (click to play through game) Game 3 - 24th Jan 2005: GM Jan Gustafsson v Palm HIARCS (click to play through game) Game 4 - 24th Jan 2005: Palm HIARCS v GM Jan Gustafsson (click to play through game) This is the first and only time in history that a Palm chess
program has won a match with a GM. Go to information on HIARCS Palm Chess Features to see how HIARCS helps coach beginners for rapid learning. Also see how HIARCS compares with the Palm competition here. Click here to find out how to purchase Palm HIARCS
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"I've been in the chess computer software biz for over a decade and I can tell you that I have never heard more raves from users over any other chess program than I've heard over Hiarcs. Users love this chess engine. I've received literally scores of highly favorable e-mails and comments from happy Hiarcs owners over the years. If you never buy another chess engine, you owe it to yourself to add Hiarcs to your stable of chess playing programs. Playing against Hiarcs is very much like playing against a strong human player." - Hiarcs 9 review by Steve Lopez 17/10/2003"HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue." - Garry Kasparov 1997 (after game 5 of the rematch)For Palm, PC & Mac Chess Software
with attitude, features and chess playing strength, you can't beat HIARCS!
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