Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 08:06:06 10/19/98
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On October 19, 1998 at 10:56:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 19, 1998 at 04:59:06, Kai Lübke wrote: > >>When interviewed by Fernando Villegas, Christophe Theron, author of Chess Tiger, >>said about his program: >> ,,...anyway almost nobody can defeat Tiger in the middle game'' > >I realize that this statement sounds very pretentious. I have to apology for >this. I think I had in mind "games against humans" when I said this, but anyway >Tiger can also be defeated by humans in the middle game. > >Of course, almost all the top programs can beat Tiger in the middle game, so my >statement is completely false. I just hope this does not happen more than 50% of >the time! > >Fernando, why did you let my stupid drunk statement find its way into your >paper?? :) Well, because I was drunk myself, too.... fernando > > > >>This quotation is, according to the many games I played with CT 11.4 and 11.5, >>certainly not an exaggeration. >> >>It seems, however, that we've finally found a candidate who can stomp Tiger >>already in the early middle game. Take a look at these two matches against Rebel >>10.0 EOC (i.e. EOC-use was set to "strong"). >>Rebel already had a decisive advantage after some 20-24 moves. > >It is not the only candidate. I often get reports of Tiger being sadly >overplayed in the middle game by Fritz5. :( > >But believe me, I'll work hard to fix this! :) > > > Christophe
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