Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:48:26 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 02:07:50, Frederic Louguet wrote:
>>I was in France this summer, but my family had the priority. So I did not come
>>to Paris.
>>If I had, I would have tried to see Ernest and to see you as well.
>
>Yes, I know that. Family should always have the priority.
>
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>>>2) Chess Tiger was running on a P3 (1 Ghz), while its strongest opponents had
>>>better hardware. However, Tiger has won tournaments in the past with an even
>>>bigger handicap. It is a really great program but, hey, it is not
>>>unbeatable...yet ! And one should not underestimate the progress made by other,
>>>less well-known engines. If Tiger was so superior to all the others, I believe
>>>it should have been more evident in a 11 rounds tournament. You just have to
>>>replay the games : I think that Chess Tiger was simply not agressive enough to
>>>win.
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>>Mmh... Let's replay it ten times and see what happens... :)
>>You know what I mean. I don't think it is a good idea to draw conclusions on
>>such a tournament.
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>I don't draw any conclusions, you know, I believe in statistics, too :) That
>were just my impressions based on a few games.
Ask somebody else and you will get a totally different point of view.
Impressions are just... impressions.
>>> I can tell you that Chess
>>>Wizard does not need a 1.75X faster computer to be competitive with Chess Tiger,
>>>or Ruffian... :)
>>
>>
>>You should try Chess Tiger 15? ;-)
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>
>I bought the upgrade on the web. So I will try Chess Tiger 15 :))))))
Wow! A customer, at last! ;-)
Christophe
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