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Subject: Re: REBEL-TIGER users, please read this!

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 12:33:29 03/07/00

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On March 07, 2000 at 13:30:56, Tony Hedlund wrote:

>On March 06, 2000 at 22:09:33, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>On March 06, 2000 at 21:53:07, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>On March 06, 2000 at 19:35:26, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 06, 2000 at 16:45:19, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On March 06, 2000 at 16:06:10, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On March 06, 2000 at 15:44:51, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On March 06, 2000 at 14:11:23, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Just today I realized that some users of the REBEL-TIGER have checked the option
>>>>>>>>"Analysis brain" and leave this option checked when they play real games.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>This definitely KILLS the playing strength of the program.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Analysis brain must only be used when you want to analyse a game, it lets the
>>>>>>>>engine think on moves of both sides.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Analysis brain:
>>>>>>>>1) kills the permanent brain
>>>>>>>>2) clears the hash tables after every move
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Analysis brain decreases the playing strength in real games by at least 50 elo
>>>>>>>>points or more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>When you play games  TURN ANALYSIS BRAIN OFF
>>>>>>>>                     TURN PERMANENT BRAIN ON
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I apologize for the trouble. We should have stated this clearly in the
>>>>>>>>documentation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hello Christophe,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Actually, the default has both Permanent brain and Analyse brain checked!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Mel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Christophe, can it be that SSDF is playing with these defaults as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ernst.
>>>>>Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>>Analyse brain isn't default, at least not on my computer(s).
>>>>
>>>>Hello Bertil,
>>>>
>>>>In Rebel-Tiger Analyse Brain is checked! I have the windows version and the
>>>>default setting is definitely Analyse Brain checked which should mean ON!
>>>>
>>>>Have you checked under Options? Are you looking at the windows version?
>>>>
>>>>Mel
>>>>>
>>>>>Bertil SSDF
>>>
>>>It is fior sure checked on (default) I have played most all of my games against
>>>other programs with that lil bugger checked on ! Still played awfully well tho.
>>
>>Hello Wayne,
>>
>>Yes, I know it's checked but can't understand Bertil's saying it isn't checked.
>>By the way, Bertil is with the SSDF and they test the programs so the question
>>becomes are they testing Tiger with the bad default setting? I am waiting for a
>>reply from bertil. The only explanation that I can see for his statement is that
>>he has the dos version and perhaps it wasn't set that way in dos. Maybe?
>>
>>Mel
>
>I don't know where you guys purchase your programs, but we got our programs from
>Rebel. And on this programs Analyse brain isn't default.
>
>Tony

It don't matter much mate, but that is where I bought mine ! and it was checked,
period !



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