Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 14:34:28 05/17/04
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On May 17, 2004 at 16:06:57, Bernardo Wesler wrote: > >ChessTiger 15 >ChessTiger by Christoph Théron is the shooting star amongst chess programs. The >rate at which its playing strength has increased in recent years is sensational. >Already in 1999 and 2000 it chalked up a number of remarkable tournament >victories. Then it became the serial winner of the Dutch computer chess >championships, taking its last title there in December 2002. In 2001 Chess Tiger >won the “Republica Argentina” grandmaster tournament in Buenos Aires, ahead of a >number of top GMs, with an incredible 2788 rating performance. In the SSDF >computer rating lists Chess Tiger is always in one of the top places. So it is >hardly surprising that computer chess fans hold this program in the very highest >esteem. Most of them consider Chess Tiger one of the top chess programs in the >world. Chess Tiger 15.0 runs under the original Fritz interface. There are >plenty of functions for beginners, club players and grandmasters: blitz and >tournament chess, handicap levels, analysis. There is a competent chess coach >for beginners, with complete move descriptions, warnings and real-time help >during the game. In a special sparring level the program delib-erately sets up >tactical chances for you to exploit. It has many high-quality print functions, a >beautiful 2D board and a state-of-the-art photo-realistic 3D board in elegant >“glass” design. The program comes with a giant tournament-tested openings book >and a database of 500,000 top games. It also includes free one-year access to >the chess server Playchess. > > >Chess Tiger 15 >A new chess engine by Christophe Théron >Tyger, tyger burning bright, >In the forest of the night: >What immortal hand or eye, >Could frame thy fearful symmetry? > >The Tyger, from Songs of Experience (1794) by William Blake > > > >Chess Tiger, a relatively new program written by Christophe Théron, who lives on >the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Christophe has been working since 1979 on >his program, but only four years ago came the breakthrough, and Tiger went to >the very top levels of computer chess. Since then it has consistently achieved >excellent results in all the important tournaments, and it even managed to top >the Swedish list on one occasion. > > >Christophe on his beautiful and tempestuous Caribbean island > >In 1999 and 2000 Chess Tiger chalked up a number of remarkable tournament >victories. It also became the serial winner of the Dutch computer chess >championships, taking its last title there in December 2002. In 2001 Tiger won >the "Republica Argentina" grandmaster tournament in Buenos Aires, ahead of a >number of top GMs, with an incredible 2788 rating performance. > >So it is hardly surprising that computer chess fans hold this program in the >very highest esteem. It is especially attractive when it runs under the original >Fritz interface. That means that Tiger offers plenty of functions for beginners, >club players and grandmasters: blitz and tournament chess, handicap levels, >analysis. There is a competent chess coach, with complete move descriptions, >warnings and real-time help during the game. In a special sparring level the >program deliberately sets up tactical chances for you to exploit. > > > >Chess Tiger in the Fritz environment has many high-quality print functions, a >beautiful 2D board and a state-of-the-art photo-realistic 3D board in elegant >"glass" design. The latter you have to see to believe. > > > >The program comes with a giant tournament-tested openings book and a database of >500,000 top games. It also includes free one-year access to the chess server >Playchess. > >49,99 € incl. VAT >43,09 € without VAT (for Customers outside the European Union) >51,28 US $ (without VAT) Ok - you meant you were running Chessbase Chess Tiger 15 under Fritz GUI -- yes of course that should work. I must have misinterpreted your earlier post that I thought you were saying that that your were running Lokasoft Chess tiger 15 under ChessBase GU. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
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