Author: Peter Berger
Date: 15:19:29 01/03/01
While currently checking on new Winboard engines I also checked this one at last . There hasn't been much public upset about it so far . I noticed this one great tournament result but never heard much more about it , so I thought the WinBoard masters checked on it and weren't too impressed after all. I played two games at slowish time control ( game 1 hour , 10 secs increment per move ) against Chesstiger 13.0 with a little hardware advantage for the outdog and watched lines and action live to get a first impression , a very usual test/event for me for new winboard engines where usually they get an entertaining spanking . First game was a pretty win for Tao with black in a technical endgame with Black where it completely _outsearched_ (!) the Tiger . Second game it started with White with what looked like a complete beginner's opening 1. g3 e5 2. Bh3 only to get a completely blocked position where it showed great skills in sophisticated knight manouvres . While Tiger evaluated more than 1.5 for itself for some time after Tao looked cramped after grabbing what looked like a pawn better not to be taken it coolly freed itself until it reached a very promising, advantegous position only it was too late for me to play it out ( kind of drawish in the end probably ) . Yet I was deeply impressed by both games and this was by far the best newcomer performance I have ever seen by a WinBoard engine . This might have been kind of lucky for Tao , yet it really is an experiment I do _very_ often and I have never seen a performance like this one from a newish Winboard engine . I understand that maybe with its habit of pondering all the time it might not have got the attention it deserves as being not suitable for single computer matches . So : before I dream and sleep bad and with the excitement of a great first impression ;-) : any tests and results tried with Tao at longer or Blitz time controls by others ? I am definitely _very_ interested to find more about it . pete
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