Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 14:15:53 11/28/99
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On November 28, 1999 at 09:59:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 28, 1999 at 01:03:31, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>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 > > >Here I adopt the same philosophy as Hsu. Why should I tell anyone how to fix >their program and make it stronger? (except for amateurs of course). > >:) > >If you are a decent chess player, you can play over games and discover these >things yourself. Some are very obvious. Some aren't... OK, thanks, fair enough ! I am a decent chess player but I Was just interested in details of what you said. I understand your positions. Wayne
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