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Subject: Re: There goes the surprise ...

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 13:21:10 11/30/01

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On November 30, 2001 at 16:18:14, Tony Werten wrote:

>On November 30, 2001 at 16:13:12, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>I believe that other programs also used exactly the same tablebases.
>
>Those engines are sold with the incomplete databases so they are programmed for
>handling this.

Let me correct this. Some program are sold by a company that also sells the
incomplete databases so they are programmed to handle this.

It isn't true for Gandalf I think.

Tony

>
>Tony
>
>>
>>Uri



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