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

Author: José Carlos

Date: 02:19:38 01/09/01

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On January 08, 2001 at 21:59:47, Christophe Theron wrote:

>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.

  Why don't you let both programs play in tournaments at the same time? Perhaps
it'd give some answers...

  José C.

>    Christophe



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