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Subject: Re: This guy deserves the first prize as Troll of the year!

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 15:03:22 11/25/01

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On November 25, 2001 at 17:46:11, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>On November 25, 2001 at 13:26:48, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 25, 2001 at 11:48:14, Victor Fernandez wrote:
>>
>>>On November 25, 2001 at 11:21:11, Steve Maughan wrote:
>>>
>>>>There is no doubt that Tiger is better than WChess (using equal hardware) so I
>>>>don't think your question is appropriate.  I don't really think you even believe
>>>>that WChess on a P90 would beat Kramnik by a ratio of 2:1 in a series of 100
>>>>tournament games i.e. has a rating of 2895.  A better question would be why did
>>>>WChess in 1994 get such a high performance rating?  The answer probably lies
>>>>with the GM who most likely underestimated the strength or had an off day.
>>>
>>>My question is appropriate. The programmers develop their work cuting
>>>code, so that its program runs quicker, and this way to be able to conquer to
>>>other programs, but they don't look for a better evaluation algorithm .
>>
>>
>>
>>As I am the programmer of Tiger I think I can answer you.
>>
>>I spend all my time improving the intelligence of Tiger's evaluation and search
>>algorithms, and I think in this regard my program has progressed a lot in the
>>last years.
>>
>>As have almost all the other commercial and amateur chess programs.
>>
>>You have obviously absolutely no idea about the progress of chess programs.
>>Actually you seem to know almost nothing about chess programs.
>>
>>Your comparison between the performance of WChess and Tiger and the conclusions
>>you draw from this are simply irrelevant.
>>
>>You either do not know what you are talking about, or you just want to troll.
>>
>>Get real.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>
>Christophe,
>I hope that moderators will assign to this new entry that deserved "prize"...
>
>Regards,
>Otello.



I hope not. I have seen better trolls recently. I could write a better one
myself.



    Christophe



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