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Subject: Re: Gambit Tiger--A Superlative Comparison

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 14:35:38 10/03/00

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On October 03, 2000 at 17:00:38, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On October 03, 2000 at 16:42:17, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>On October 03, 2000 at 16:32:14, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>
>>>Dear CCC,
>>>
>>>Eating homemade apple pie, listing to Nana Mouskouri CDs, gazing at stars on a
>>>dark clear night, sipping fine wine, caressing your wife, having a peak
>>>experience, going down a hill on a mountain bike at 90 Km/hr--These are all what
>>>playing the Gambit Tiger program by Christophe Theron is akin to.
>>>
>>>For those of you who are getting tired of playing computer chess, this program
>>>will snap you out of the doldrums and give you effervescent chess.  You will
>>>taste the tiny bubbles and smell the aroma of chess once again.  You gotta love
>>>it.
>>>
>>>Leonid meteor showers with 30,000/hr rates(coming in 2002), hybrid autos that
>>>get 30 km/liter and seat 1.8 meter occupants with ease, rich exotic wood chess
>>>sets and having Kasparov as your personal chess tutor at your total command...
>>>
>>>
>>>This may be the only chess program that you ever need.
>>>
>>>
>>>Tim Frohlick
>>
>>Are you not understating things a bit too much? :)
>
> In fact he might just be doing that. :) It's not just the type of attacking,
> highly spectacular chess, displayed by this Gambit Tiger.

Quite exciting, I agree. The opposite of Zombie-chess.

> But he also seems
> to be winning against the strongest programs!

Like 8.5-3.5 against Fritz 6b?

> In such a way...

Thrilling, isn't it? :)

I never had so much fun beta testing anything. Tiring, though. This thing is so
different.

Enrique

> And I can tell
> you that one occasional win against *this* Tiger really tastes like the wine,
> above described by Mr Frohlick!
>
> Sune Larsson
>>
>>Enrique



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