Author: stuart taylor
Date: 07:54:50 04/25/04
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On April 25, 2004 at 01:57:00, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 24, 2004 at 21:14:28, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On April 24, 2004 at 20:25:54, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On April 24, 2004 at 18:00:48, Ziad Haddad wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Christophe >>>>You were the chess engine Top programmer that was the least active these years. >>>>In fact, except for the Pocket versions we haven't really seen good news about >>>>our Tiger since a long time. >>>>This is really far from making me loughing or happy, because i like this >>>>product. Unfortunately, there is a big gap that is now building between Tiger >>>>and the other Top programs. >>>> >>>>Remind me what was the last big event won by ChessTiger these years? >>>> >>>>I'd really like to see in the near future a good ChessTiger16, an excellent >>>>GambitTiger4 and an outstanding StrategicTiger1.0. I'd like to see these engines >>>>at least with 2750 ELO points. >>>> >>>>Don't let as remain disappointed Chris >>> >>> >>> >>>There is *no* big gap between Chess Tiger and the top chess programs. There is a >>>gap indeed between the #1, Shredder, and Chess Tiger. I admit that and only >>>that. >>> >>>The way I have organized my work in the last 2 years and a half has worked >>>against me I believe. By the end of 2001 I had decided to separate my office >>>from my home. So instead of working at home I have been renting an office >>>several kilometers away. >>> >>>That's a case of bad good idea I think. :) >>> >>>The result is that instead of working 24 hours a day (or almost :) on improving >>>the engine as I did before, I have been working on it only 4 to 8 hours a day. >>>Also, the test computers are at the office. So when a long test ends in the >>>middle of the night I have to wait for the next day to read the result and start >>>another test. When my office was at home I would simply wake up in the middle of >>>the night, read the result and start the next test. >>> >>>I have got the lesson of this and already acted accordingly. Next month I move. >>>I drop the office and my current home. I have found a detached house with 2 >>>floors. My office will be upstairs, with a nice view on the caribbean sea. I'm >>>going to gather all my hardware together, connect all the computers to a single >>>network, and FINALLY get an ADSL Internet connection (I cannot get one >>>currenly!!). And then, I swear that Chess Tiger is going to get a serious boost. >>> >>>Stay tuned. I'm pretty sure that in a few months the results will be there. >>>Probably before the end of the year. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>I'll be looking forward to you getting up in the middle of the night for us >>agin, like in the older days. >>S.Taylor > > > >I would bet that the ones that have their programs on top of the list are the >ones who wake up at night to work. So I don't think I'm the only one. > >Message to amateur chess programmers: are you ready for this? :) > > > > Christophe As I have said before, I almost went in for this work, and I CERTAINLY would have been getting up at night. I used to set all my dedicated and software computers with positions which I was forever testing and thinking about, and I would sometimes leave something running for days if not weeks, and kept checking up on them, all day/night. (or manually playing games one against the other, or putting one in a weak position and the weaker program in a stronger position, to see how the weak position can be saved etc. I think it was mainly before autoplayers were available). Anyway, no program came out of me, so what's it worth. BUT, I was obSESSED. S.Taylor
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