Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 19:56:00 01/08/01
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On January 08, 2001 at 22:18:24, Christophe Theron wrote: >On January 08, 2001 at 20:07:10, Peter Kasinski 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 >> >> >>Thanks for your answer Christophe. I've no doubt that Tiger 13 is stronger as I >>have already suffered from it. But how comfortable would you feel matching >>Gambit Tiger against computers? Its attractive style is sure to please the >>audiences and might even be an asset against humans, but wouldn't other silicon >>players tend to be less impressed? I readily admit to asking this based solely >>on a superficial "analysis". > > > >Maybe, but on the other hand Gambit Tiger is able to build attacks that other >programs do not understand at all. That's why Gambit Tiger performs very well >against other programs. > Yes, I can see that it might work both ways. > > > >>ps. The question I really felt like asking - but didn't - because it could have >>been considered unfair was: is it conceivable that you would enter Gambit Tiger >>instead of Tiger "proper" in a high-profile tournament any day soon? :-) > > >I have done it recently: Gambit Tiger won the French and the Dutch computer >chess championships a few weeks ago. > >The Dutch championship was a "high profile" tournament. You can find more info >about it here: > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thstorm/docc00.htm > >The page states "Chess Tiger", but it was actually Gambit Tiger that was playing >(I think I should ask Theo to correct this). > I was not aware of it being Gambit Tiger. And that pretty much answers all my questions. Sincere congratulations, as the field certainly makes it look like more than "just" a national title. regards, PK > > Christophe
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