Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:53:44 04/16/00
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On April 16, 2000 at 10:12:48, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On April 16, 2000 at 09:54:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 15, 2000 at 23:41:57, Marcos Christensen wrote: >> >>>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. >> >> >>I talked with him quite often. :) >> >>And he never thought I was a fool. :) > >You removed all his doubts? :)) > >Enrique Yep, but not in the way you are thinking. :)
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