Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:58:37 11/02/01
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On November 02, 2001 at 00:57:36, Dr. Franklin wrote:
>On November 01, 2001 at 15:27:59, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 01, 2001 at 15:06:44, ERIQ wrote:
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>>>Will it be win xp, palm, pocketpc, mac x, linux, or all of the above ? and will
>>>It be duel ? my wish would be duel under all flavors of unix for stability
>>>ie.linux, mac x, freebsd etc.
>>
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>>There will not be a "Gambit Tiger 15".
>>
>>From version 15 on, it's Chess Tiger. What you call "Gambit" is now the default
>>personality of Chess Tiger.
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>>A personality emulating the more quiet style of Chess Tiger 14 will be provided.
>>
>>But the product name will be "Chess Tiger 15".
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>>After so many years, my program now deserves the name "Tiger" because of its
>>agressiveness. :)
>>
>>For which platform will it be available first?
>>
>>Chess Tiger for Palm is likely to be the first product to feature the Tiger 15
>>engine.
>>
>>Actually as soon as the Tiger 15 engine has been tested and is reliable it will
>>be sent for release in all products (PC all licensees, Palm and PocketPC). But
>>as the Palm version has a shorter distribution lag (because it is sold directly
>>through the Internet), it is likely to be available just a few days after the
>>Tiger 15 engine is ready.
>>
>>When? Don't ask. :)
>>
>>
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>> Christophe
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> Hello Chris
>
>
> I am not doubting your expertise, but how exactly would a Programmer actually
>know if his program has improved? Actually I can see no difference between
>fritz6 or Fritz7 since I am a relatively weak player, not Master strength. When
>you Develope your program i am wondering if You consult Master level players?
Sometimes I get an advice from a strong player, but human players cannot tell me
if my program has become stronger or not.
If you ask a human player you'll just get a subjective answer because here we
are talking of 30-50 elo points improvement of an already very strong opponent.
That's not something that can be detected by playing a few games against it.
Part of the work of chess programming is developping a way of making sure that a
change in the program is really an improvement. When you see a strong chess
program, you can be sure that its programmer has found a good way of testing the
improvements.
Chess programmers who are not willing to invest a large part of their time
developping this testing method end up being unable to improve their programs.
Because when a program is already very strong, any change has equal chances to
make it slightly stronger or slightly weaker. There is no way to tell if a
change will work or not before you test it very extensively.
Christophe
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