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Subject: Re: Hardware and Time

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 18:55:20 10/07/02

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On October 06, 2002 at 23:12:43, Chessfun wrote:

>On October 06, 2002 at 22:41:50, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>How many professionals participated in france ???
>>
>>:-))))
>>
>>how big are the chances to be better than amateurs
>>when the only professional is tiger ??
>>
>>tiger 15 is weaker in tournaments because it plays more acurate
>>(petrosian alike) than other tiger versions.
>>
>>this playing style is not good for tournaments. it is on the
>>other hand better for long matches.
>>
>>for championships it would IMO be better to participate
>>with an aggressive program that shortly after the opening
>>takes over initiative.
>>
>>
>>but : you "told us so".
>>
>>why do we test programs anyway ?
>>maybe it would be much easier to ask you before, and
>>write a religious speech about in CCC :-)))
>>
>>we sell our PC's, and become a member of your relgion :-))
>>
>>the style of tiger versions has changed IMO
>>very often:
>>
>>tiger 11.2  was IMO agressive attacker, took the initiative soon
>>tiger 12    was petrosian, calm and positional player
>>tiger 13    aggressive
>>tiger 14    aggressive
>>tiger 15    more like petrosian with a piece of fischer IMO
>>
>>
>>I do prefer the more aggressive programs too.
>>
>>with a passive program, you can be lucky to get a draw (in ONE game).
>>thats not enough for a tournament .
>>
>>in a tournament you must collect as much points as you can get.
>>a draw is not enough.
>>
>>so passive style leads to losses.
>
>CPU utilisé par chaque programme :
>
>Time control 20/5?
>
>1. Chess Wizard Ath 1750
>2. Pharon       Ath 2000
>3. Chinito      Ath 1530
>4. Dragon       Ath 1600+
>5. Chess Tiger  PIII 1 ghz.
>
>Why would Tiger be sent to play on this hardware?
>
>Sarah.




Please read my answer to Mogens, somewhere else in the same thread.



    Christophe



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