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Subject: Re: Is this a Rebel/Tiger/Gandalf Boycott?

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 00:46:51 06/21/02

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On June 21, 2002 at 03:02:17, Tony Werten wrote:

>On June 20, 2002 at 21:40:52, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>
>>On June 20, 2002 at 17:40:26, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>
>>>On June 20, 2002 at 15:31:27, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>>Any comment from Christophe or Ed?
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>we have 200 or more chess programs.
>>>I think its not very important that 3 of this programs are not playing.
>>
>>None of the programs you mention are as strong as Tiger which has been at or
>>near the very top of the SSDF list for quite some time now.  Plus Tiger/Rebel
>>have one of the best opening book makers in the business.
>
>Although Tiger is a strong program, I wasn't really impressed at the CSVN
>tournement. I guess it needs some more finetuning. Maybe Christophe felt the
>same.
>
>They have to pay a lot of money so at least you need to have a good feeling
>about your engine. Of course, Leiden could just have been bad luck.
>
>Tony

But Rebel recently CRUSHED Fritz. So the new Rebel should be favorite to win if
it were to participate!
S.Taylor



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