Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:36:56 11/13/00
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On November 12, 2000 at 21:56:24, r.c. richards wrote: >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 Hello RC, You can't go wrong. You'll get Gambit Tiger but you will also get Chess Tiger 13 and Rebel Century 3.0 and the latest Lokasoft engine and databases to refer to and Rebel Century 2.0 for analysis and the ability to play on the internet and run winboard engines in the same GUI as Tiger and the list goes on. All for an exceptional price. I know I sound like an advertisement. Jim
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