Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 19:28:22 04/26/02
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On April 26, 2002 at 22:22:09, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On April 26, 2002 at 20:17:27, Telmo Escobar wrote: > >> IMHO, Chess Tiger is distinctly better than Gambit Tiger. I know that >>Christophe Theron is particularly fond of GT- yet I don't forget that Christophe >>is not a strong chess player. >> >> According to the sources, the reason why Smirin has played GT -and not CT- is >>because the Tiger team so decided. I don't doubt that is true. But also I guess >>that Smirin himself, understanding so much about chess, might be secretely happy >>with that decision. > >I know the reason in detail, I was just trying to steer something, but after all >there might be a little true about trying to keep the status of Chess Tiger as >being closed to 2800. To me it was simply a miracle that could only be >accomplished by playing players who never heard of Chess Tiger before, but if >you match the same players against Chess Tiger 14.0 right now, everybody will >see a complete turnaround or at least players rated between 2400 to 2500 from >the same group drawing and even beating CT 14.0. PS: I guarantee you that the majority of those players bought Chess Tiger right after the match and after having it for at least three weeks, even players between 2375-2475 learned a few weaknesses about the program. >Pichard. > > >> Argentine players who played CT in that tournament became amazed not only for >>the number of points the engine managed to get, but for the wonderful (and >>human-like) quality of its play.
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