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Subject: Re: SSDF Rating List 2004-04-22

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 09:44:55 04/23/04

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On April 23, 2004 at 03:30:01, Afzal Siddique wrote:

>On April 23, 2004 at 01:50:33, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 22, 2004 at 22:49:49, Roger D Davis wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>My request has just one goal: from the result I tend to think that Shredder has
>>>>uncovered a serious weakness in Chess Tiger and I would like to identify it and
>>>>fix it as soon as possible. I think that looking at the games will help me,
>>>>because I do not have Shredder.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>Okay, so you've been revising Tiger without playing it against the world #1?
>>>Whoa...that's impressive. I'll bet most authors compulsively test against the
>>>top engines, particularly the top engine.
>>>
>>>Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>I do not have any of the top chess engines. Maybe it's time to change this.
>>
>>I do have older versions. I have Fritz 2 and 3, Genius 5 and recently I have
>>purchased Genius 7. I also have several flavors of Rebel.
>>
>>I have Fritz 6 and Junior 6 (I think) sent by ChessBase. I also believe I have
>>an older version of Hiarcs (7.something). However I have never used them.
>>
>>The only program I use as a sparring partner is Genius. I play a few blitz games
>>from time to time, giving 5 minutes to Genius and 2 minutes to Tiger. Always fun
>>to watch, and sometimes instructive.
>>
>>Now I'm starting to think that maybe I should do like the other chess
>>programmers and try to find weaknesses in the competitors programs...
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>
>HEllo Christophe..
>
>
>Chess Tiger is one of my favourite engines and are u the only one who tests it??
>dont u have a panel of beta testers??
>
>Afzal



Not for developping the engine. Only for looking for bugs before a product
release. They also contribute advices on the behaviour of the engine, but it's
not the main source of developpement of the engine.



    Christophe



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