Author: Moritz Berger
Date: 13:03:37 04/07/98
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On April 07, 1998 at 15:32:38, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On the ground of how it handles crucial positions in games that were a >draw in Paris and the easy and sudden way he cut me in pieces, although >I get very often good results against other top programs, I have the >strong an increasing feeling that with the CSTwhite.exe version Chess >System Tal could have delivered terrible carnage between his competitors >and got the first prize. If that had been so, then Chris Wittington was >very unlucky. Of course similar things could be said by other >programmers, “if only I have been there with this new version...” Yes, >it’s truth, but even so my feeling is CST was and is something very >special, but it takes more than usual test to grasp his excellence. >Do you agree, guys? >Fernando You ought to ask Thorsten Czub about the relative strength of CST versions. I found a pretty bad bug in the Paris engine (December release) myself but Chris never replied ... No, I don't think it would have gotten a 1st price. I suggest you just try it against Genius 5 (which scores extremely well vs. CST) and report back after a few games ... Moritz
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