Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:25:46 04/11/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 20:28:10, stuart taylor wrote:
>On April 10, 2003 at 00:16:02, Christophe Theron wrote:
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>>On April 08, 2003 at 12:05:36, stuart taylor wrote:
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>>Now I think that Stuart had no intention to be rude, and that actually the
>>reactions against him have been a little bit rude.
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>>So I would like to stop this and just answer the questions that have been asked.
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>>>Are you still working in increasing playing strength of your program(s), or do
>>>you feel you've done about as much as you can, or, are you taking a rest?
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>>I'm still working. I believe I am far from what I can achieve and I see a lot of
>>room for improvement in Chess Tiger.
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>>For me it's still a work in progress.
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>>>CT15 hasn't been a clear No.1 for a few months now.
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>>You are right, there has been NO clear number one for many months.
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>>>I'm quite aware that the
>>>possibility does exist, but it's more likely that Fritz is, already for a few
>>>months now.
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>>The most likely hypothesis in that Shredder is the number one, but it is not
>>very clear. In particular if you look at Chessfun's list.
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>>>I thought you never tollerated second or third place, so why aren't we hearing
>>>more from you recently?
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>>Because I can't punish myself for not getting a six every time I roll a dice.
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>>>Fritz still DOES make mistakes and have weaknesses, so there is still plenty
>>>what to doiminate it about.
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>>I have no idea, I do not have the latest versions of Fritz (or Shredder BTW) and
>>I have no interest in trying to exploit their weaknesses.
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>>My only interest is in trying to fix Chess Tiger weaknesses (which are many).
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>>>And, what about Tiger for ARM Palm processors?
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>>That's something I'm working on, too.
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>>Stuart I initially did not want to answer your questions not because I felt they
>>were rude, but because I did not feel I had anything really interesting to
>>answer.
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>>If you find something interesting in my above answers, tell me. I have read them
>>again and still think they are extremely uninteresting. But I swear I did my
>>best. Sorry.
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>> Christophe
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>Thanks alot for your answers. Saying that you see there is much to improve in
>Tiger, and are trying to do it IS one interesting answer, which gives us alot to
>look forward to.
But I have been saying this for years, and I do not think it will change anytime
soon.
> The other answers too, are of interest, but details are very
>sparce.
>So I suppose it's still a question of us waiting, if we can, until we hear good
>news again.
>There was a time when you made a mid-term upgrade in playing strength for Tiger
>14 (I think), but perhaps you don't wish to do that now, as you don't feel the
>competition is high enough to need to do that at this point. (as CT15 isn't
>clearly dominated anyway)
>And maybe if you would, it might accelerate the competition unnescesarily,
>whilst what you have out now is still up to par at the top.
I'm not planning a free update this time.
>Anyway, I'm still eagerly awaiting the next upgrade to CT15, as well as the ARM
>Palm release.
>I'm intending to get an ARM Palm in June-July (My second Palm).[I probably would
>have got it already if CT for it was out] I'm hoping that by then, the best ones
>would already be available (e.g. 400mhz with many add-ons [though I can always
>search the internet to find out for sure]) AND with good price drops.(And if the
>price hasn't yet dropped on what's clearly the best, so be it)
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>Anyway, your thoughts and ideas are probably not what you really want to discuss
>much anyway, EVEN if the ARE interesting.
>Anyway, I wish you continued success how ever.
>S.Taylor
Thank you Stuart.
Christophe
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