Author: Paul Doire
Date: 16:14:52 01/03/01
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On January 03, 2001 at 18:19:29, Peter Berger wrote: >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 Hi Peter, I too have had good results with Tao4.4 on the servers, a couple weeks ago I was having difficulty with my CM8000 against CM7000 on the servers,so I decided to try Tao's awesome style and went on to win 4 in a row that CM8000 could only draw! I'm surprised it is not made a bigger deal of at Frank' site and Winboard Forum. Regards, Paul
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