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Subject: Re: so which program is stronger than gambit-tiger ?!

Author: r.c. richards

Date: 18:56:24 11/12/00

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On November 12, 2000 at 20:25:14, James T. Walker wrote:

>Hello Thorsten,
>_I_ don't pretend to know which is the best move as you do.  As I said I believe
>that the one winning is the one making the best moves. (That is plural)  I
>believe that Chess Tiger is slightly better than Gambit Tiger because it plays a
>more solid game.  It's not as exciting or flashy but it is certainly as good and
>I believe slightly better when considered over the long haul.
>Jim

The thing is, if you're considerably less than a 2000 player, which I am, a
program that's rated 2300 but has a more interesting style is a better toy than
some program that's 2700 and plays purely positional.

Games against Fritz and Chessmaster become good games when I screw up.  That's
basically the factor that makes them interesting, or much more interesting.  I
have seen some interesting program-program matches here at home, but I've seen
way more dull ones.

Since I most always screw up and therefore most always make the games
interesting, I'm not sure how much it matters, after the point I screw up
anyway, which usually isn't too far along.

But I'm ordering gambit from icd just as soon as I send in this post.

RC



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