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Subject: Re: Shredder crushing Chess Tiger.

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 22:09:16 12/14/03

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On December 14, 2003 at 19:08:38, Richard Sutherland wrote:

>On December 14, 2003 at 18:53:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>
>>1) I don't recommend the "Gambit suicidal" settings. Use the normal style or the
>>Gambit style for better results. Please note that if you are using CT15 inside
>>the ChessBase GUI, due to a bug in the CB stuff you will have to manually edit
>>the CT.INI file.
>>
>>2) Chess Tiger hash table must always be 12 times some power of two, so when you
>>select 128Mb (which is not 12 times some power of two), Chess Tiger
>>automatically uses the biggest amount that does not exceed what you asked for.
>>In this case it selects 96Mb.
>>
>>3) If you draw any conclusion after 5-0, my advice is that you should definitely
>>pick a different hobby. But I'm sure you know that already and that you are not
>>drawing any real conclusion so early, right? :)
>>
>>Good luck with your match. Please keep us informed.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe, author of Chess Tiger
>
>
>
>Christophe, thanks for replying. No, I'm certainly not drawing any conclusions,
>just looking for feedback. I thought that I might not have Tiger playing at it's
>optimum settings and was looking for input. Don't be so sensitive! :) LOL
>
>I'll revert back to normal mode, use the Shredder work and allocate 192MB's of
>hash.
>
>What did you find were the optimal settings and at what time control did you
>find Tiger strongest?



I cannot answer this question because testing is at least 50% of the job of a
chess programmer. I'm not going to reveal my secrets (not yet :).



    Christophe



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