Author: Keith Ian Price
Date: 12:45:08 08/22/98
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On August 22, 1998 at 13:55:49, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On August 22, 1998 at 13:42:35, blass uri wrote: > >>>to be continued... >>chess system tal is winning >>I see no defence for black after 23.Qa5 Re8 24.Ng5 and if f6 25.Ne4 >>and if 24...f5 25.Qc3 >> >>chess system tal and crafty are the surprising programs in this tournament. > >I have sent an email to bob to help me with the decision >which version to use from now on. >15.17 or 15.18. >I am not sure if 15.18 is good, so i better ask him. >15.17 has played very good so far and the rule for tournaments is: >"never change a winning horse..." > >>I do not understand the results because I believed mark young that >>chess system tal is a weak program. > >I have no idea (without attacking mark) on which results or games or settings >he came to that results. > >I have very good results. Also the win95 version is improved in relation to the >dos version. The cd-version has definetely a bug. We have posted this and also >therefore put a fixed version (cstblack) on the server. >I don't see how you can get weak results, if you use this version. >Of course - if you use a weaker version, or strange settings. Most of us are forced to use the weaker version, as there is no CSTBlack on any server, and some who promise to e-mail it if contacted by e-mail, do not reply. :-((( Perhaps someone who works for, but is not an employee of, chrisw could send a copy to chrisw for placement back on the server, as he says he also does not have a copy of this wonder version. :-) >I know chris e.g. plays sometimes on ICC, as bruce said. But the problem >with chris is, he always uses the latest version. >As we all know, bob has also made some lessons in LATEST VERSIONS on a >tournament (paris !!), using a latest version can be sometimes very >contraproductive. If bruce believes cstal general strength is that of a broken >version, or of a weaker version, he or you or mark young cannot >come to the right results. Please do your best to ensure that the strong version is released on the CD this time. It will save you a lot of explanation. ;-) >Also cstal has not fought against most strong programs. We have to wait... >Remember in Paris cstal started also very very strong, and than was unable to >get a point in the last rounds... > >BTW: i am in the 34th move and tiger said: Je suis mat en 9, which means: I am >mate in 9... >looks like the game is over in a few moves... > >So - the surprising results of cstal here reminds me on the same behaviour in >Paris, where it also scored very strong in the beginning. > >Maybe we should not overestimate this. >There are strong opponents to fight against... > > > >>Is it a new version of chess system tal that mark young does not have? >> >>Uri
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