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Subject: Re: About identical versions.

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:48:13 09/29/99

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On September 28, 1999 at 11:26:30, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On September 28, 1999 at 04:03:26, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On September 27, 1999 at 23:34:32, Eelco de Groot wrote:
>>
>>>About being commercially available and being identical to the version sold to
>>>the public, I think that is a bit relative. Chessbase provides 'updates' on an
>>>almost continual basis of which in many cases it is not clear which bugs they
>>>are supposed to fix. Other companies maybe rather test a bit longer before they
>>>release their programs. I rather hope that  Chess Tiger 12.0 is not entirely the
>>>version that is going to be released to the public if testing shows that it
>>>could still be improved! In my opinion this is not an entirely fair requirement
>>>if you were to use it very strictly.
>>>
>>>Eelco.
>>
>>I think it's easiest and best for the general public if the commercial version
>>and the version being tested coincide.  No doubt Christophe has and will
>>continue to perform autoplayer experiments without SSDF assistance.
>>
>>Dave
>
>
>My tests for improving Chess Tiger include NO AUTOPLAYER GAMES.
>
>So far the only autoplayers games by Tiger have been played only by testers and
>the SSDF. Also, when I release a new version, Ed Schröder runs some autoplayer
>matches as a sanity check for the new version.
>
>I don't use these results to change my engine.
>
>Tiger is not tuned against any commercial opponent.
>
>
>    Christophe

Hello Christophe,
I have been reading about Chess Tiger for over a year now.  I can't wait much
longer to get my hands on it!
Jim Walker



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