Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 02:08:17 03/23/02
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On March 22, 2002 at 20:36:41, John Dahlem wrote: >Oh, BTW, some time ago Thorsten Czub sent me an alternate version of CS Tal II >which was supposedly stronger as black - I believe it eliminated the null move >(whatever that is) and maybe there were a couple of other tweaks as well. I >think he said it also might be even stronger against humans (sorry). You might >want to email him and ask him about it if you don't have it yet. i think here is a confusion often between CSTAL 1 (DOS) and CSTAL 2 (WIN). i get arround 5 requests about CSTAL in a week, and i really do not remember who wanted what and when and which version. there was cstal DOS and there was a patch after paris, with a cstalwhite.exe and cstalblack.exe. white was better against humans. black better against computers. also white played better white games. black better black games. this is CSTAL DOS !!!! so it is version 1. with version 2 we differenciate between CD version (2.00) and the patch 2.03. then we have styles. styles and opening books. they work for version 1 and 2. version 1 can build styles and opening books. and since the versions are compatible concerning books and styles you can build them with version 1 (DOS) and use them in version 2 (WIN). you can exchange all this material with other users. if somebody has found out a nice style, we all can try it out. also we can exchange nice games.
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