Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:28:25 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 04:08:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>On April 07, 2003 at 00:41:40, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 06, 2003 at 22:13:02, Jim Bond wrote:
>>
>>>On April 06, 2003 at 21:22:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>As some were wondering I think it's important to clarify.
>>>>
>>>>It's not an April joke.
>>>>
>>>>Chess Tiger 15 is now available in the Chessbase (Fritz) Graphical User
>>>>Interface.
>>>>
>>>>I have no idea why it is not announced on the Chessbase site right now, but it
>>>>will certainly be very soon.
>>>>
>>>>In short: yeah that stuff is real, everybody has asked for it and now you can
>>>>have it.
>>>>
>>>>Enjoy!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>Hi Christophe,
>>>
>>>I have been a fan of yours in Canada and would like to know if the new Chess
>>>Tiger 15 in Chessbase GUI have the same strength as the Lokasoft version.
>>>
>>>I have been playing Rebel XP Beta1 against Fritz 8 on two PCs and have been
>>>quite impressed with it (aside from some auto232 issues). The preliminary
>>>results are the engines are pretty evenly matched. Beta1 had put up some good
>>>fights exhibiting some good knowledge on King side attacks where Fritz 8 did not
>>>see them. Would you say the new Chessbase Chess Tiger 15 is much stronger than
>>>Rebel XP Beta 1?
>>>
>>>Best Regards,
>>>Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you Jim.
>>
>>The Chessbase version of Chess Tiger 15 has exactly the same engine as the
>>Lokasoft version.
>>
>>I do not know how CT15 compares to Rebel XP beta 1.
>>
>>Chess Tiger 15 is rated by the SSDF in third position, below Fritz 8 and
>>Shredder 7, however it is rated second to Fritz 8 (by a narrow margin) on
>>Chessfun's list, and I think this list should be taken seriously.
>>
>>I don't know if they (SSDF and Chessfun) will test the Chessbase version of
>>Chess Tiger 15, but I think it would be an interesting test. The Chessbase GUI
>>can have an impact on the playing strength, in particular because of its book
>>learning algorithm which is maybe superior to the one implemented in the engine
>>itself, and which is used by the Lokasoft GUI by default.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>There were some monthes from the release of Tiger15
>
>Did you continue to work on a better engine?
>
>If you did then what is the reason that you do not sell
>Tiger15.xx for chessbase?
>
>possible reasons:
>1)Failure to improve Tiger15
>2)Your special methods to test for improvement are not so good so you are afraid
>that 15.xx is weaker.
>3)Deciding to rewrite the engine from scratch for a better design.
>4)You are afraid that releasing a new version will help your opponents in the
>world computer championship in November and this tournament is important because
>the winner may win a match against the human world champion.
>5)Another reason that I do not think about.
>
>Uri
:) :) :)
You should write Sci-Fi books! :)
Christophe
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