Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:56:11 04/23/02
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On April 23, 2002 at 12:50:24, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On April 23, 2002 at 12:43:26, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>>What about the _beta_ testers? >>> >>>They report such results here all the time. >> >> >>I don't recall having seen ANY beta test reports regarding the strength or >>results of Chess Tiger 15, but I'll admit my memory is not 100%. :-) > >Maybe because they're not allowed :) > >Not reporting results != not doing testing > You're right. That's what I figured. But I find it a bit curious that Christophe seemed to go out of his way to imply that results against top competitors (e.g., Fritz 7) are NOT a factor in his decision of when to release each successive version of Tiger. Rather, he implied, he has his own set of benchmarks that tell him when it's ready. If the above is true, it means that coming out after Fritz 7 does not imply being stronger than Fritz 7 (which is the statement I was addressing originally). Software beta testers usually focus on finding bugs. It's inevitable in computer chess that they would also test strength/results, but I suspect that's not what Christophe wants them to focus on.
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