Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 16:44:34 07/18/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 13:46:03, Ed Schröder wrote: >On July 18, 2000 at 10:19:35, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On July 17, 2000 at 21:24:39, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On July 17, 2000 at 18:24:24, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>On July 17, 2000 at 13:15:03, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 17, 2000 at 09:57:56, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>It seems on Chess servers like ICC of FICS, the Rebel Tiger clones are very hard >>>>>>to beat ( Although Gandalf has a some what easy time vs them ). Using Junior 6.0 >>>>>>engine, I lose quite a bit to them. >>>>>> >>>>>>Perhaps they could have a better score vs grandmasters at a tounament? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>There is a special "antihuman" mode in Rebel-Tiger that is used by -apparently- >>>>>nobody. It does better than the standard "personality" against humans because it >>>>>knows how to handle "closed positions" better, if you know what I mean. >>>>> >>>>>This special mode will be further improved in the next release of the engine. >>>>> >>>>>This mode does not work as well against computers because sometimes the program >>>>>takes too much risk in order to avoid a closed position, and the strategy can >>>>>backfire in this case. So people do not use antihuman mode on chess servers, >>>>>because you find too many computers there. >>>>> >>>>>Unfortunately there as been so far too few games against strong rated humans to >>>>>give any measure of Tiger's strength against GMs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>>Is your next version of Rebel Tiger almost finish ? >>> >>> >>> >>>Rebel-Tiger is improved every day. I work almost full time on the engine and it >>>has been constantly improved since the last release. >>> >>>So "finished" is a word I don't understand. :) >>> >>>We will published the new engine... as soon as Ed decides it is time to release >>>it. >>> >> >>As soon as Ed decides it is time.... Of course we are subject to the same form >>of torture regarding his new Rebel Century too. Seems like radical methods are >>necessary: >> >>- Drown him in whining e-mails. Eventually he'll give in. Even if he doesn't >>read the e-mail himself, he'll tire of hiring help to read it. >>- Vow to boycott it. Won't work, he'll know we're lying. >>- And last but not least (the cruelest IMO), create and send him a test suite >>with unsolvable positions (to make the Nolot suite look like a joke), and tell >>him that you don't understand why Rebel can't find the solution when every other >>program, including my kid sister's, solves the whole thing in slightly less than >>a minute. >> >>Ed, are you listening? The people need their programs! >>What are you waiting for??? >>Argggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....... >> >> Albert Silver > >Hi Albert, > >Yes I have been listening in fact I have read your contribution twice! One >of the best ever posted here :-) > >But serious, the time to release a program is the time when the product >is ready and as bug free as possible. Usually beta testing starts 6-8 >weeks before the final release and we haven't even started beta testing >as things are still in development. I think that next month we will start >to give information on our pages what will come. Until then please relax, >after that any new yelling is welcome :-) > >Ed Sign me up for beta testing! :)) >>> Christophe
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