Author: Richard A. Fowell
Date: 23:21:37 08/04/01
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I just tried starting against Chess Tiger 20 times
(repeatedly using "cmd-N" for New Game, followed by "cmd-M" for "Move Now".
Four of the twenty times Tiger opened 1. d4
Sixteen of the twenty times Tiger opened 1. e4
Also, although it seems very reluctant to open with 1. c4 (English) or 1. Ng3
(Reti), it knows these openings, and you can get it to play them against you
quite easily as follows:
(A) Select "New Game" (cmd-N)
(B) Play 1. c4 or 1. Ng3 yourself.
(C) after Tiger's instant response, retract Tiger's move
by pressing the upper section of the Palm hardware scroll button.
It is now your move, as Black, and Tiger is now white in the English/Reti.
You will note that, if you play as Black the same move that Tiger did as
Black (that you just retracted), Tiger will respond instantly, indicating
that it knows the opening for both sides.
Note that by repeating this process of retracting Tiger's moves when it
isn't the line you want, and playing the move yourself, you can get Tiger
to play any variation you like (no guarantee you won't get it out of book,
though).
-Richard A. Fowell
On August 04, 2001 at 01:41:20, Chris Kantack wrote:
>Within the next 2-3 weeks I'll be posting a web page providing a review of Chess
>Tiger on the Palm. Currently, I am bothered by a characteristic I've noticed
>when playing Chess Tiger. Perhaps I have something set up wrong. Here's what
>I'm seeing:
>
>Whenever I let Chess Tiger play white (whenever it moves first in a game), it
>always executes the King Pawn Opening (1. e4). This happens regardless of the
>level setting or engine I pick. (Chess Tiger on the Palm also features the
>Gambit Tiger engine at 3 different levels of aggressiveness.) It makes no
>difference if "opening book" is on or off
>
>Now I admit, 1. e4 is probably the strongest opening you can have. But even on
>the lowest training levels it ALWAYS uses this opening. Why?
>
>My other handheld systems: GameBoy ChessMaster, Excalibur LCD Computer Chess,
>and Touch Chess provide a variety of different openings regardless of the
>strength level selected. I believe a variety of openings is more "human like"
>and certainly more interesting than always encountering 1. e4
>
>Chess Tiger on the Palm is very strong. It certainly is stronger than my other
>handhelds. I just wish it had more "imagination" when it comes to opening a
>game.
>
>Chris Kantack
>http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm
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