Author: Marcos Christensen
Date: 20:41:57 04/15/00
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On April 15, 2000 at 22:24:23, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 15, 2000 at 18:28:48, Marcos Christensen wrote: > >>On April 15, 2000 at 17:58:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On April 15, 2000 at 17:14:56, Borges wrote: >>> >>>>On April 15, 2000 at 16:18:04, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 15, 2000 at 15:56:18, Borges wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On April 15, 2000 at 12:44:40, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>> Hi Christophe! >>>>>> I ran an account in ICC, and was able to get more than 3000 points, with no >>>>>>special hardware. The interesting is that it rans with default settings. It >>>>>>appers no coincidence that when i put NSEW=1 and MoreSel=1 tiger became weak >>>>>>(IMHO). The hashtable I have to set up with 32M in 3 0 games and 64M in 5 0 >>>>>>games, less than this will result in odd endgames, when tiger sometimes put away >>>>>>a victory. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>You should really check this carefully. Using 32Mb in 3 0 games kills the >>>>>playing strength, I'm sure about this. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>> Actually I prefer to play with 3 0 time controls, I think that the best >>>>evaluation of Chess Tiger makes the difference. It (or he) appears to smokes >>>>everybody. The contempt value, that is useful, to clean a closed position set to >>>>-15 or -20 is helpful. The only colateral effect of this is probably being >>>>noplayed by crafty ;-) But a BOOK editor will make difference. >>>> Congratulation for your program, probably better than you think (intended to >>>>be a joke). >>>> Borges >>>> >>> >>>The only way to get noplayed by crafty is to not read the finger notes. If >>>you can read, you can play it. Feel free. If you can't read, then you will >>>likely get noplayed. >>> >>>But it will have _nothing_ to do with your contempt factor or whatever... >> >> My grandmother used to say: if you cannot stand the heat get out of the >>kitchen, or, write fi notes. At least singacrafty and data are less greedy about >>rating points. >> >> Best wishes >> Borges > > >My grandfather used to say "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool >than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." My finger notes are quite >clear. It is not my intention to play nothing but games vs a single program. >With the manual programs, this has never been a problem, as the operators need >a break after a few games. But since Tiger is automatic, it became a problem >in that all I would see was games vs tiger. That doesn't help me detect or >fix problems, and since I am writing this program, I reserve the right to test >it however I want to get maximum benefit from the testing. I'd _much_ rather >play 100 games vs GM players (as it has the past few days) vs 100 games against >a single chess program. If I thought _that_ was important I would simply buy a >copy of tiger and play the games offline rather than on a server. > >My opinion, my choice. I don't see why a "non-author" would want to take pot >shots at what _I_ want to do. In any case, I am old enough to do what I want, >when I want, how I want... Hi! Your grandfather was a wise man. I feel sorry that you couldnt talk more with him, but he warned you why. On the rest, I agree 100% with you.
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