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Subject: Re: Which is Better Tactical or Strategical Knowledge for Chess Programs ?

Author: blass uri

Date: 10:50:49 03/06/00

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On March 06, 2000 at 12:24:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On March 06, 2000 at 01:18:05, blass uri wrote:
>
>>On March 05, 2000 at 18:09:29, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>Most Programs perform excellent whenever there is a tactical position, but some
>>>programs perform better tactically than strategically. A good comparison is
>>>between Rebel 10 or Tiger Rebel, which are very good programs strategically
>>>compare to Deep Junior or Junior 6.0.which is very good tactically. But when you
>>>match them Deep Junior 6.0 is a little bit better than either of the previous
>>>mentioned programs.
>>
>>Why do you think that Junior6 is better in tactical positions relative to
>>TigerRebel?
>>
>>Junior6 searches more nodes per second but you cannot learn from it that it is
>>better in tactics.
>>
>>I know that Rebeltiger did better results in enrique's test suite relative to
>>Junior6.
>>I know that most of the improvement from Junior5 to Junior6 was about the
>>evaluation function.
>>
>>Uri
>I am basing my oppinion on a small test between Junior 6.0 Vs Rebel Tiger 12e of
>50 games in 60 minutes per side, using two identical AMD 800 Mhz and Junior 6.0
>won 28 games; probably the time control and speed of the computers used has a
>lot to do with the result. It could be that Junior 6.0  calculate deeper than
>Rebel Tiger 12e, providing faster processor and allowing a time control greater
>than 60 minutes per side per game.
>
>Pichard

It is also possible that Junior6 had a better evaluation.
You cannot learn from the fact that Junior6 won that it calculated deeper.

Uri



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