Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 13:32:18 04/08/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 21:28:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >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 Talking about books which kind of tournaments where used for the book? And for a comming release it might be intresting for you and the end users when the personaleties can be defined. You never know where they will come up with! Marc
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