Author: Geoff Lane
Date: 07:12:10 10/12/03
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On October 11, 2003 at 10:58:40, James T. Walker wrote: >On October 11, 2003 at 00:57:53, Michael Agnos wrote: > >>On October 10, 2003 at 12:11:30, Tord Romstad wrote: >> >>>On October 10, 2003 at 05:36:02, ludicrous wrote: >>> >>>>CSTal 2 is the one program you CANNOT be without. >>> >>>Yes. CSTal is still the best (not strongest) chess program I have ever played >>>against. Clearly a "must have" for any Windows computer chess enthusiast >>>who actually likes to *play* against the programs, rather than just running >>>engine-engine matches and using the programs as analysis tools. >>> >>>Tord >> >> >>Yes! I completely agree. I have Fritz 7 and Chessmaster 6000, but for pure >>playing pleasure, CSTal is the most fun because of its almost human style of >>play. This is *not* to say CSTal is easy to beat, however. Without severely >>crippling it, CSTal has beaten me every time, (except for a few draws by >>repetition.) >> >>Here's an interesting essay by the developer of CSTal, Chris Whittington, >>describing his programming methods: http://www.thorstenczub.de/complcss2.html >>It seems to me that with more developement, CSTal could be a world beater! warm >>regards, Mike in California > >That's what Chris wanted everybody to believe. I was one of his supporters and >played CSTal-2 on an ICC computer account for a while. The problem is when his >program was compared to the real programs of his time CSTal came up very short >on producing wins. He is a self proclaimed genius and his way is the only way >to go. I could live with that if he had stuck to his ideas and continued his >work. He turned out to be a quitter when his program turned out disappointing >results. Maybe he didn't have as much faith in his ideas as he claimed. Maybe he preferred to become a millionaire by selling his business instead of trying to prove a point. Who wouldn't? Geoff I >would have loved to see him prove his ideas by continuing to improve CSTal-2. >It is still a fun program to play against but cannot keep up with the >"Artificial Stupidity" based programs of even his own time much less today. Too >Bad he quit. >Jim
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