Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 17:30:44 07/25/04
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On July 24, 2004 at 22:20:08, Peter Skinner wrote: >On July 24, 2004 at 15:44:25, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>On the contrary, I would bet that Christophe Thèron is working hard in an >>altogether new engine. My impression is that he arrived to the conclusion that >>Tiger had already exhausted any chance to be improved along the original lines >>of programming that were the trademark of it, so he is now after a new >>paradigm. >>Asmuch he is a very talented performer, I guees he will get it, but not after >>long and hard work >>Just my cent. >>fernando > >I don't think Christophe had to start over. Even after two years since the last >release Tiger 15.0 still does very well against all the _newest_ versions of >it's rivals. > >Unlike most professional programmers, Christophe just doesn't release a new >version "just because it's after the WCCC" or "Just because it is Christmas >season". He prefers to have a significant increase in strength over the last >version, and is patient enough to wait until that time. > >Personally I salute him for the actions he takes, instead of just bilking money >from users every 6 months for an engine that shows no _real_ improvement. ie. >Ruffian, Fritz 7 strength vs Fritz 8 strength. 2004-04-22 SSDF LIST 14 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2719 30 -30 557 61% 2640 14 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2719 23 -22 983 58% 2659 -elc.
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