Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:21:45 02/18/02
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On February 18, 2002 at 20:46:34, Christophe Theron wrote: > >Actually I think Tiger does not need any of the excuses above. > >The event has a statistical margin of error which explains a lot, and it could >simply be that The King 3.12 is the strongest chess engine in the world. > Christophe, You are a credit to your profession and a very honorable and respectable person. On a board that contains users who, in many cases, still feel that The King is nothing worth considering because it is the engine used in Chessmaster (and, therefore, couldn't POSSIBLY be stronger than Tiger/Fritz/Rebel/etc.), you continue to be a voice of reason and open-mindedness. You're not the ONLY one, but you are, IMHO, the most consistent one. And, yes, taking the statistical error into account, ANY of the six programs in this tournament could be winning. After another 30 games, the error margin may shrink a fair bit, but I still believe that this will be the case. But, as far as I'm concerned, Tiger is MOST LIKELY TO BE the strongest chess engine in the world. This is a very personal opinion based on very little more than looking at the results of other people's tests. :-) It has probably the most consistent success of any engine I've paid attention to (or played against on ICC), and Tiger for the Palm is VERY impressive (given the processor). When people ask me what the strongest chess engines are (i.e. when I'm demoing Chessmaster and others start taking about other strong engines), I invariably list Tiger as first among the best. Thank you for proving the old adage which states "What goes around comes around". jm
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