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Subject: Re: How strong is Chess Tiger on Palm ?

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 15:13:02 11/10/01

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On November 10, 2001 at 14:54:04, Thomas Mayer wrote:

>Hi Christophe,
>
>> So we are both repeating that the comparison was useless? Great.
>
>I subscribe this without any problem... :)

OK - but you are both absolutely wrong IMHO. If Tiger 14.6 on a Palm Vx plays
against engines with a calibrated rating on an Athlon 1333 close enough to its
own real rating you will get completely reasonable numbers. I started this just
for fun but after thinking about it seriously I am sure this is simply right and
I will play some more games and show it if time allows( in fact I already did
start to play against the opponents you suggested, Thomas).

>
>> So I still have to understand what was the point of your initial post...
>
>To show that any engine on Athlon 1333 can not be compared with any engine on
>much lower hardware. Not when you try to get after that some estimate how they
>will do against humans...
>But well, I might be wrong... But it's my opinion... So far nothing show me that
>I am wrong...

The data in question doesn't support your point of view so far at all, does it ?
Maybe you are right but I seriously doubt it.

This morning I watched an interesting game D-Chess - Tiger with the usual
hardware difference. The Tiger got outsearched all the time. Yet it won .

a.) D-Chess grabbed a pawn on h7 with a bishop that could be trapped.
b.) Tiger knew exactly which kind of KPK ending is won .

I don't know if similar things would be observed in games against humans but as
we have _no_ data to discuss here currently it's a little pointless anyway.

pete



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