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Subject: Re: Preparing for CCT3 - Testing the Palm Tiger

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 00:34:33 05/22/01

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On May 21, 2001 at 23:38:23, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 21, 2001 at 23:21:00, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On May 21, 2001 at 23:11:25, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On May 21, 2001 at 17:11:28, Peter Berger wrote:
>>>
>>>>The ultimate match - the newest Bringer version by Gerrit Reubold (
>>>>http://www.reubold.onlinehome.de)
>>>>on some new fast Athlon toy ( which has spent most of the last week in the
>>>>computer shop being repaired
>>>>but now seems to be ready for action at last)
>>>>
>>>>against Chess Tiger 14.1 for the Palm Vx - overclocked it runs at :
>>>>
>>>>Opening: 	295 NPS
>>>>Middlegame:	442 NPS
>>>>Endgame:	560 NPS
>>>>
>>>>Timer frequency: 100 Hz
>>>>
>>>>This really is a thrilling little thingy - dunno how strong but it's _so_ "nice"
>>>>and tiny ...
>>>>
>>>>First game showed the Tiger far away from the ELO 2200 it claims to have playing
>>>>like some patzer IMHO  - then came the
>>>>second game .
>>>>
>>>>Well , after a good opening by the Tiger this one showed a very well-known
>>>>weakness of Bringer - a slight misunderstanding
>>>>when it is about bad bishops - when there is no pawn lever left and you can't
>>>>enter the
>>>>opponent's camp you shouldn't be too confident to be able to take advantage of
>>>>the situation.
>>>>
>>>>Bringer running on an Athlon 1333 was very close to be the first victim of some
>>>>dirty jokes here against
>>>>the Palm Tiger which was at about the same size as the Bringer's mouse ..
>>>>
>>>>Fortunately the Cretan snake goddess who recently entered the Bringer team by
>>>>courtesy of Arturo Ochoa helped out :
>>>>
>>>>Chess Tiger 14.1 for the Palm blundered horribly in a dead drawn position with
>>>>42. ... Kd8 ????
>>>>
>>>>So Bringer won with 2-0 as expected - yet a funny feeling remains ...
>>>>
>>>>pete
>>>>
>>>>[Event "Game in 30"]
>>>>[Site "Testgames"]
>>>>[Date "2001.05.21"]
>>>>[Round "1"]
>>>>[White "Palm Tiger 14.1"]
>>>>[Black "Bringer1.9ß02"]
>>>>[Result "0-1"]
>>>>
>>>>1. d4  Nf6  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } 2. c4  e6  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } 3. Nc3
>>>>Bb4  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } 4. e3  c5  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } 5. a3  Bxc3+  { 0.00
>>>>0:00:00.0 }
>>>>6. bxc3  d6  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } 7. dxc5  dxc5  { 0.00/13 0:01:04.9 }
>>>>8. Qxd8+  Kxd8  { 0.00/1 0:00:00.0 } 9. a4  Ke7  { 0.23/13 0:00:34.3 }
>>>>10. a5  Rd8  { 0.31/14 0:00:39.2 } 11. f3  Rd6  { 0.59/13 0:00:47.9 }
>>>>12. e4  Ra6  { 0.94/13 0:00:36.9 } 13. Be3  Nfd7  { 1.10/15 0:01:26.3 }
>>>>14. g3  Nc6  { 1.25/14 0:00:33.2 } 15. f4  b6  { 1.24/13 0:00:39.0 (PB:
>>>>0:00:38.9 ) }
>>>>16. Nf3  Nxa5  { 1.51/14 0:02:00.4 (PB: 0:02:00.3 ) } 17. Bd3
>>>>Nxc4  { 2.06/15 0:00:27.4 } 18. Ke2  Rxa1  { 2.12/15 0:00:28.2 }
>>>>19. Rxa1  Nxe3  { 2.15/14 0:00:25.7 (PB: 0:00:25.6 ) } 20. Kxe3
>>>>a5  { 2.16/13 0:00:25.3 (PB: 0:00:25.2 ) } 21. e5  h6  { 2.22/13 0:01:14.9 (PB:
>>>>0:01:14.8 ) }
>>>>22. Be4  Ra7  { 2.25/13 0:01:39.1 } 23. Bc6  Nb8  { 2.37/14 0:00:34.3 }
>>>>24. Bb5  Bd7  { 2.47/14 0:00:23.6 } 25. Rb1  Bxb5  { 2.92/16 0:00:24.4 }
>>>>26. Rxb5  Nd7  { 2.74/14 0:00:21.8 (PB: 0:00:21.7 ) } 27. Rb3
>>>>a4  { 3.29/16 0:00:35.8 } 28. Ra3  b5  { 3.27/15 0:00:44.7 (PB: 0:00:10.2 ) }
>>>>29. Kd3  b4  { 3.35/15 0:00:29.6 } 30. cxb4  cxb4  { 3.51/14 0:00:56.6 (PB:
>>>>0:00:08.9 ) }
>>>>31. Ra1  Rc7  { 3.52/14 0:01:35.9 (PB: 0:01:35.8 ) } 32. Nd4
>>>>Nc5+  { 3.87/13 0:00:24.1 } 33. Ke3  b3  { 4.27/14 0:00:22.2 }
>>>>34. Rb1  a3  { 5.52/14 0:00:22.0 } 35. Nxb3  Rb7  { 5.53/13 0:00:26.4 (PB:
>>>>0:00:26.3 ) }
>>>>36. Ra1  Rxb3+  { 5.55/13 0:00:40.4 (PB: 0:00:40.4 ) } 37. Kd4
>>>>Nb7  { 5.47/12 0:00:20.5 (PB: 0:00:20.4 ) } 38. Ra2  Rb4+  { 5.66/11 0:00:34.1 }
>>>>39. Kc3  Ra4  { 5.71/12 0:00:28.2 (PB: 0:00:28.1 ) } 40. Kb3
>>>>Nc5+  { 5.74/12 0:00:31.7 } 41. Kc3  f5  { 5.88/11 0:00:24.2 }
>>>>42. Ra1  g5  { 6.20/11 0:00:23.1 } 43. fxg5  hxg5  { 6.87/11 0:00:17.8 }
>>>>44. Ra2  f4  { 7.10/12 0:00:25.2 } 45. gxf4  gxf4  { 7.61/12 0:00:18.2 (PB:
>>>>0:00:07.7 ) }
>>>>46. h4  f3  { 9.82/12 0:00:31.3 } 47. h5  f2  { 11.67/10 0:00:17.1 }
>>>>48. Ra1  Re4  { 12.56/10 0:00:16.2 (PB: 0:00:16.2 ) } 49. Rf1
>>>>a2  { 18.70/11 0:00:48.8 (PB: 0:00:48.8 ) } 50. Ra1  Re1  { Matt in 9/10
>>>>0:00:39.1 }
>>>>51. Rxa2  f1=Q  { Matt in 9/1 0:00:08.6 (PB: 0:00:08.6 ) } 52. Ra7+
>>>>Ke8  { Matt in 9/1 0:00:26.8 (PB: 0:00:26.8 ) } 53. Ra8+  Kd7  { Matt in 9/1
>>>>0:00:23.9 (PB: 0:00:23.8 ) }
>>>>54. Ra7+  Kc6  { Matt in 9/1 0:00:29.6 (PB: 0:00:29.5 ) } 55. Rd7
>>>>Kxd7  { Matt in 8/1 0:00:00.0 } 56. Kb4  Rb1+  { Matt in 8/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>57. Kxc5  Qd3  { Matt in 7/1 0:00:00.0 } 58. h6  Rb5+  { Matt in 1/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>
>>>>0-1
>>>>
>>>>[Event "Game in 30"]
>>>>[Site "Testgames"]
>>>>[Date "2001.05.21"]
>>>>[Round "2"]
>>>>[White "Bringer1.9ß02"]
>>>>[Black "Palm Tiger 14.1"]
>>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>>
>>>>1. d4  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } d5  2. c4  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } e6  3. Nc3  { 0.00
>>>>0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Nf6  4. Bg5  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Be7  5. e3  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>O-O  6. Nf3  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nbd7  7. Bd3  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>c5  8. O-O  { 0.20/12 0:00:47.2 } dxc4  9. Bxc4  { 0.24/12 0:00:39.6 }
>>>>a6  10. a4  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } cxd4  11. exd4  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Nb6  12. Bb3  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Bd7  13. a5  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Nbd5  14. Bxd5  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nxd5  15. Nxd5  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>exd5  16. Bxe7  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Qxe7  17. Re1  { 0.00 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Qb4  18. Qd2  { 0.17/13 0:00:40.4 } Qxd2  19. Nxd2  { 0.15/14 0:00:55.5 (PB:
>>>>0:00:55.5 ) }
>>>>Rfe8  20. Nb3  { 0.21/15 0:00:39.8 } Rac8  21. Nc5  { 0.31/15 0:00:51.8 }
>>>>Bc6  22. f4  { 0.34/14 0:01:07.8 (PB: 0:00:07.8 ) } f6  23. Rxe8+  { 0.36/15
>>>>0:00:39.2 }
>>>>Rxe8  24. Kf2  { 0.35/15 0:00:55.8 (PB: 0:00:55.8 ) } Kf7  25. b4  { 0.37/14
>>>>0:00:47.0 (PB: 0:00:47.0 ) }
>>>>Re7  26. Rc1  { 0.41/14 0:00:29.8 } Kg6  27. g4  { 0.42/14 0:00:48.3 }
>>>>h5  28. h3  { 0.37/14 0:00:27.7 } Bb5  29. Re1  { 0.42/14 0:00:30.8 }
>>>>Rxe1  30. Kxe1  { 0.41/14 0:00:18.1 } hxg4  31. hxg4  { 0.39/15 0:00:30.0 }
>>>>Bc6  32. Ke2  { 0.34/14 0:00:47.0 (PB: 0:00:19.7 ) } f5  33. g5  { 0.48/15
>>>>0:00:32.5 }
>>>>Kf7  34. Kd2  { 0.47/16 0:00:26.4 (PB: 0:00:08.2 ) } Ke7  35. Kd3  { 0.41/16
>>>>0:00:37.3 }
>>>>g6  36. Ke2  { 0.33/17 0:00:38.3 } Kd6  37. Kd2  { 0.31/17 0:00:38.1 }
>>>>Ke7  38. Nd3  { 0.30/16 0:00:39.4 } Kd6  39. Ne5  { 0.30/17 0:00:33.6 }
>>>>Be8  40. Kc2  { 0.30/16 0:00:46.8 (PB: 0:00:46.8 ) } Kc7  41. Kc3  { 0.29/17
>>>>0:00:42.8 (PB: 0:00:42.8 ) }
>>>>b6  42. Kb3  { 0.29/16 0:00:26.2 (PB: 0:00:26.1 ) } Kd8  43. axb6  { 1.84/17
>>>>0:00:35.8 }
>>>>Kc8  44. b5  { 1.79/18 0:01:50.5 (PB: 0:01:50.4 ) } Kb7  45. Kb4  { 2.72/17
>>>>0:00:57.0 (PB: 0:00:56.9 ) }
>>>>Kxb6  46. bxa6  { 4.20/17 0:00:19.9 } Kxa6  47. Kc5  { 4.95/16 0:00:17.4 (PB:
>>>>0:00:17.3 ) }
>>>>Ka5  48. Kxd5  { 8.09/17 0:03:06.9 (PB: 0:03:06.8 ) } Kb6  49. Ke6  { 9.72/15
>>>>0:01:17.5 }
>>>>Kc7  50. d5  { 11.60/15 0:01:19.6 } Kd8  51. Nc6+  { 12.15/15 0:00:20.2 }
>>>>Kc7  52. Ke7  { 11.75/16 0:00:16.7 } Bxc6  53. dxc6  { Matt in 22/13 0:00:06.8 }
>>>>Kxc6  54. Kf7  { Matt in 22/1 0:00:11.4 (PB: 0:00:11.3 ) } Kd5
>>>>55. Kxg6  { Matt in 15/1 0:00:00.1 } Ke4  56. Kf6  { Matt in 13/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Kxf4  57. g6  { Matt in 12/1 0:00:00.0 } Ke4  58. g7  { Matt in 11/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>f4  59. g8=Q  { Matt in 10/1 0:00:00.1 } f3  60. Qg4+  { Matt in 9/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Ke3  61. Ke5  { Matt in 8/1 0:00:00.1 } Ke2  62. Kd4  { Matt in 6/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>Kf2  63. Kd3  { Matt in 4/1 0:00:00.1 } Kf1  64. Ke3  { Matt in 3/1 0:00:00.0 }
>>>>f2  65. Kd3  { Matt in 2/1 0:00:00.0 } Ke1  66. Qe2+  { Matt in 1/1 0:00:00.1 }
>>>>
>>>>1-0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>OK, fine.
>>>
>>>So I see that the lastest fashion is to pit Tiger for Palm against the first
>>>program you can grab, preferably with a 300 to 900 times hardware speed
>>>handicap? :)
>>>
>>>Your athlon 1333 is approximately 900 times faster than your overclocked Palm.
>>>
>>>What's next? Drop the Athlon box on the Palm to see if it can stand the shock?
>>>:) :) :)
>>>
>>>When am I going to hear about a serious match involving Tiger for Palm?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>Uh, I think one was already reported.  And it's not easy playing with a text
>>interface, don't expect 20 game matches.
>>
>>Will
>
>
>
>Yes, the other match was against a 450MHz Shredder 5. A piece of cake for Chess
>Tiger for Palm with a 300 times speed handicap. ;)
>
>I thought there were people here with Palms and ChessGenius, or dedicated chess
>computers which have a hardware that can be compared to the Palm's...
>
>
>
>    Christophe


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