Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:14:40 04/08/02
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On April 08, 2002 at 21:25:46, Will Singleton wrote:
>On April 08, 2002 at 20:54:35, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On April 08, 2002 at 20:23:57, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Wow, ugly game. I'm having a hard time understanding this, it seems illogical.
>>>Are you playing many games, then selecting the one Sjeng loses? If so, how
>>>many?
>>
>>I have played many games against other winboard programs such as Gaviota,
>>Bestia, faile, Movei, and even against Novag Turqouise; but against Sjeng so far
>>only three and the first one I did NOT included since I was using 12 MB default
>>for my Celeron 433 Mhz and my Celeron only had 32 MB of memory up until
>>yesterday when I decided to upgrade it to 128 MB.
>>
>>
>>I really don't have much time to test CTP 14.9 since like most of us I do have a
>>job. And to answer your silly question, I don't select games, as a matter of
>>fact I was as dubious as you are now, and before I had Chess Tiger for Palm I
>>also was a disbeliever to even consider CTP to be close to being of an expert
>>strength. The only reason why I continue to test CTP 14.9 is probably because I
>>resemble you in a way, I'm still NOT too conviced that such a little Gizmo can
>>accomplish so much against programs that are considered close to 2400 in
>>strength, but the more I test this Little Beast, the more I have to accept the
>>fact that it is amazinly strong.
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>Look, I appreciate that you test and post games. My question was prompted by
>comparing your posted game with sjeng 12L, which seemed to avoid several poor
>moves (though I must admit, it did play BxN with the fiachettoed bishop, then
>went on to destroy its own kside).
>
>I don't think my question was silly at all. Had you posted your methodology, I
>wouldn't have had to question you. It's a reasonable thing to ask.
>
>I don't believe CT for Palm is a strong program, simply due to its limited
>search depth.
You talk about methodology in your second paragraph. Good point.
What methodology have you used to evaluate the search depth of Chess Tiger for
Palm and to decide that it is "limited"?
Do you have a Palm? Have you tested Chess Tiger for Palm? I can't find you in my
customer's list.
Christophe
> Relative to other Palm progs, it may be very strong. But it will
>lose 90% of games to any reasonable pc prog.
>
>I'll pit my crummy prog against CT palm, and will bet money it will not do less
>than, say 8.5/10. Want to bet? How much?
>
>Will
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