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Subject: Re: There goes the surprise ...

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:19:52 11/30/01

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On November 30, 2001 at 14:35:37, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On November 30, 2001 at 05:16:46, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>... or actually not! Gandalf gains a lot rating points and Tiger loses.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>
>
>It is not surprising, because Chess Tiger has been given only partial tablebases
>during this match.
>
>As pointed out somewhere else, because of this lack of TB some wins have been
>turned into draws.
>
>It would have been better to not give any TBs to Tiger at all. I'm sure the
>result would have been better.
>
>This result leaves a bitter taste. Thousands of hours of work (mine and the
>hours spend by the SSDF testers on this match) spoiled by an inferior setup.
>


Christophe, can't you lodge a protest or something?  If the match was clearly
unfair, it should be deleted (and perhaps begun again, this time correctly)!



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