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Subject: Re: Asking for data on the relative strength of Tiger 13 and Gambit Tiger...

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 18:59:47 01/08/01

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On January 08, 2001 at 18:16:50, stuart taylor wrote:

>On January 08, 2001 at 16:07:35, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On January 08, 2001 at 15:01:58, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On January 08, 2001 at 13:11:34, Peter Kasinski wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am curious about what has been seen so far - please post the results,
>>>>preferably at longer time controls. I have found Tiger 12e to be one of the most
>>>>solid (if not _the_ most) and difficult to beat opponents. I am wondering if the
>>>>effort to liven its play has come at the cost of ELO points.
>>>>
>>>>thank you,
>>>>PK
>>>
>>>
>>>Not at all. Tiger 13.0 (Rebel-Tiger II) is 50-70 ELO stronger than Tiger 12.0e
>>>(Rebel-Tiger). Gambit Tiger 1.0 (which is also included with Rebel-Tiger II) is
>>>about the same strength as Tiger 13.0, we still do not know which one (Chess
>>>Tiger 13 or Gambit Tiger 1) is the strongest.
>>>
>>>Of course I would like to have some independant opinions about this. I'm not
>>>really independant myself about Tiger. ;)
>>>
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>
>>They're both very strong.  The common wisdom seems to be that Tiger 13.0 is
>>stronger, but I suspect that Gambit Tiger will end up with the higher rating
>>eventually.
>
>It seems clear that GT is stronger in some aspects, but at the expense of being
>weaker in other aspects. I think that results have clearly shown that GT has a
>fair price to pay in ELO points.
>S.Taylor



It's difficult to know. One thing for sure: I have never got such good results
in tournaments until I began to let Gambit Tiger play.

OK, we do not know what would have happened if I had played with Chess Tiger
13.0 in the French and Dutch computer chess championships.



    Christophe



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