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Subject: Re: New SSDF list

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 22:03:31 11/27/99

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On November 27, 1999 at 22:17:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 27, 1999 at 19:00:58, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 1999 at 17:27:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On November 27, 1999 at 16:07:31, Amir Ban wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 27, 1999 at 09:21:09, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 27, 1999 at 03:56:28, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I just got it. My congratulations to Christophe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Enrique
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Just remember that this is a very 'special case'.  CT isn't available to
>>>>>anyone, so the other commercials can't start their auto232 marathons to
>>>>>discover the 'holes' is must have.  I think it is a lot easier to reach
>>>>>#1 if no one can test against you...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Nothing special about this case. Every SSDF leader in the last three years got
>>>>there as a newly released program.
>>>>
>>>>Amir
>>>
>>>
>>>Actually you are probably 100% correct.  The 'last released' is generally the
>>>best.
>>
>>In February '98,  Fritz made it to the top of the SSDF list. From that moment
>>on, Mchess 8, Hiarcs 7 and 7.32, Junior 5 and Nimzo 99 and 7.32 came to life and
>>didn't reach the top. Being new and tuning is not enough. It takes more than
>>that, and Tiger has it.
>>
>>>  Not that it really means a whole lot...  be interesting to study some of
>>>the games to see how much the book helped, how much tuning helped, etc...
>>>
>>>The point of my comment is that until others can test against Tiger to see what
>>>it is doing, it will probably stay at the top.  Once it is "out" everyone will
>>>catch on pretty quickly...
>>
>>Try...
>>
>>Enrique
>
>
>Wait until it starts playing on a server.  I'll tell you what its weaknesses
>are...  I can already tell you who knows nothing about king safety.  Who doesn't
>know about outside passed pawns.  Who doesn't know about pawn majorities.  Who
>over-values passed pawns and makes mistakes as a result.  I can tell you what I
>don't do very well either...
>
>All it takes is games...



ahhhhh Bob, please tell us here, we would love to hear about the details !

Wayne



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