Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:20:42 04/04/02
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On April 03, 2002 at 19:43:56, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 03, 2002 at 18:36:47, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>I have just downloaded ChessTiger 14.9 for Palm ... and I am very impressed >>about the many improvements that Christophe Theron has implemented in his latest >>version (below text of the readme file): >> >>WHAT'S NEW: >>----------- >> >>VERSION 14.9 (March 11, 2002) >> >>* TURBO MODE: the program plays better and faster because it is now >> able to think about its next move while it is your turn! >> >>* VIEW SELECTION: now you can select directly the view (big or small >> chessboard) instead of having to cycle through all of them. >> >>* IMPROVED GRAPHICS: all the pieces look better, especially in the >> small chessboards views. Also the "set up position" screen shows >> bigger pieces. >> >>* IMPROVED CHESS ENGINE: Chess Tiger is now even stronger in the >> endgame! >> >>* DETECTS DRAWS BY INSUFFICIENT MATERIAL. >> >>* BOOK MOVES SCREEN: shows known opening moves for the current >> position. >> >>* ENGINE STATISTICS SCREEN: when the program has finished thinking you >> can tap on the status line at the bottom of the screen to get a >> detailed report. >> >>And indeed, as I have used CT_14.7 for Palm so far mainly in blitz games where I >>had even chancen to win/draw, things have now become very much more difficult >>due the the fact that the program now has the ponder=on function [TUBO MODE]. >> >>My sincere congratulations to Christophe for his great program!! >> >>Kind regards >>Kurt > > > >Thank you Kurt. You have been very fast to find out that there was a new >version. It has been sent to the server only a few hours ago, and I still have >to announce the update to the customers and to the friends. > Hypothesis 1: No program in the history of the Palm OS has ever been so "smart" (there are many great Palm apps, but the vast majority are data crunchers). Hypothesis 2: Chess Tiger 14.9 for Palm OS is not only the strongest chess program for Palm OS (that's obvious), but is stronger than most anybody could have reasonably conceived possible from such a CPU just 1.5 years ago. Hypothesis 3: Looking at Chess Tiger for DOS, Chess Tiger 14 for Windows, Gambit Tiger 2 for Windows, Chess Tiger for Palm, and the likely strength of the upcoming Chess Tiger 15 for Windows, one can very reasonably claim that Christopher Theron is, despite his protestations to the contrary, the single best chess programmer in the world.
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