Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:25:09 02/18/02
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On February 18, 2002 at 21:21:45, John Merlino wrote:
>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
I have developped a great respect for Johan and his program The King since
ChessMaster 4000 (which is one of the few programs I have actually bought in my
life). I don't have the next versions but I don't need to: I know where Johan
stands.
I'm not afraid to say that Johan, Frans, Ed, Richard, Amir, Mark and the other
top programmer are probably better than I am.
My challenge is here: can I beat these guys who - I think - are better than me?
Christophe
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