Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:17:51 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 02:49:53, Derrick Wilson wrote:
> Rebel Tiger is a very strong program, but I have yet to understand why it plays
>either h6 or a6 consistently everygame. I was playing one grandmaster today and
>he rediculed the programs h3? a3? h6? a6? moves as black or white.
>I remember when i was around 1400 I would often make this same uneccessary move.
>What's strange is that tiger will play these moves even when there is No clear
>threat of a Bishop Pin. Perhaps christopher can explain this odd behavior in
>Tiger.
You are right about these moves. And you know what?... I just don't know why
Tiger plays them.
I'll have a look at this and I hope it will be fixed in Chess Tiger 13.
> These moves kind of reminds me of Chessmaster 4000, 50000, which used to
>often play a Bh7+ with the queen and bishop battery, the move was completely
>uneccessary, However whenever Chessmaster had a opportunity to make such moves
>it would do so, It was possible to perdict it's behavior 100% in those type of
>positions.
Probably because ChessMaster thought your king was badly placed in h8 after the
check...
Christophe
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