Author: Chessfun
Date: 16:04:55 02/15/05
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On February 15, 2005 at 18:23:56, Peter Skinner wrote: >Since I was thinking of purchasing Chess Assistant 8, I just noticed from >Albert's post below that it comes with Chess Tiger 2004. > >I took a look at the last available SSDF list, and I notice that all three >revisions of Tiger are close in rating. > >13 Chess Tiger 2004 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2723 >15 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2721 >16 Chess Tiger 15.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2719 > >Which is the strongest version released? By the rating you can infer that 2004 >would be, but only by two points. Since I was one of the beta testers of all three versions here is my opinion. ChessTiger 2004 is the strongest, followed by Chess Tiger 15 followed by 14. I know what the SSDF lists states but would hazard to guess that were you to play versions 14 and 15 against the same opponents as 2004, then the difference in rating would be seen more clearly. >Is there a reason there has not been an increase in strength, or it is just that >everyone else is just that much better? See above answer. It is also true that others Shredder since IMO 6, Fritz in the Deep versions and Gandalf have also got much better. But again IMO were Chess Tiger 14 to now be tested against the same set of opponents as Chess Tiger 2004 you would see also that Tiger has made great improvements. >Is there a patch coming for any possible bugs in CT 2004? I know some believe >there is an endgame bug. Is there any truth to it? No endgame bug that I have ever known about. It is true that sometimes some odd moves in endgames may come up but this is true of the majority of programs. I think some time ago Kurt tested a lot of programs in endgames and Tiger came 2nd ahead of Shredder IIRC. Sarah.
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