Author: Kaj Soderberg
Date: 08:05:28 09/28/03
As a fan of Chess Tiger i have a couple of requests for Chess Tiger 16, running under CB and CP interfaces, and one position for Christophe Theron. CB wish: One of the nice features of the CB/Fritz interface is that you can show more thinking lines that are continously updated; this feature is IMO better implemented under CB than under CP. However, Tiger does something funny: it shows it's evaluation of moves (when showing 2 lines or more) only after it has dealth with all the moves within the ply. And then it does this again when having a look at the second best move, and so on. This is annoying behaviour, especially when analyzing positions deeply; you wait and wait for the evaluation. So Christophe and Chessbase, any chance of improving Tigers behaviour here? CP wish: Please implement showing of 2 or more thinking lines in CP. It is now done partially cince CP 5.2, but not continuosly as under CB/Fritz. Concrete: at every ply, show the current evaluation of second (or more) best moves. Christophe and Lex, any chances here? Tiger 16 position: When i analyzed a position out of John Nunn's Chess Openings i run into something funny. A position (as below) is seen as unclear, whether black plays Bd4 or Bxc8. And indeed, most serious programs evaluate the imbalanced material sitauation as equal or slightly favourable for white (0-0.5 pawns). Only Fritz sees the position as slightly favourable for black (0.3 pawns). However. Tiger 15 does not understand the position and gives white an advantage of 1.2 pawns or more, and furthermore it suggests Bd5 (not really bad but not the way to go). It seems to me that Tiger 15 here can not cope so well with the imbalance in material, and maybe overestimates the usefulness of a bishops pair (Bd5). Thought you might have a look at it, for CT16 inspiration! The position, black to move: White: Kg1, Rb1, Rc1, Bc8, f2, g2, h2 Black: Kg8, Ra2, Be5, Be6, a7, f7, g6, h7 Bon appetit. Greetings, Kaj
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