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Subject: Open proposition to the SSDF about Chess Tiger 12.0

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 00:28:48 09/29/99


Hi CCC addicts!


In the last days we have heard several complains about the fact that only
programs from a given company had been tested on superior hardware by the SSDF.

Representatives from the SSDF, including the chairman, have explained how they
picked the programs tested on this superior hardware: they took the four highest
rated programs that were able to play games automatically (by mean of the
Auto232 system), because they had only four K6-450 computers and a limited time
to complete the tests.

I think that's a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Now comes the question: which programs is the SSDF going to test on K6-450 for
the November list???

This decision is totally theirs, of course. However, I would suggest that they
test, at least, the following programs:
 * ChessMaster 6000
 * Shredder Paderborn
 * Chess Tiger 12.0

Here is why:

* Obviously, CM6000 being on top of the P200MMX sublist, it is a serious
candidate for the top of the list on K6-450. The problem is of course that the
next list is due in only two months, and that automatic testing is not possible
with CM6000.

Personally I wish they could find the time to test it on K6-450, and that
Mindscape, who sells this program, could add the automatic testing feature in
CM6000. Or in CM7000 which is anyway going to have exactly the same engine.

* Shredder Paderborn should be tested, if possible, simply because it is the
reigning World Champion. I hope Stefan can provide a version to the SSDF.

* On the other hand, as the chairman Thoralf Karlsson himself said in his
comment: "After 178 games Chess Tiger 11.8 P90 has a rating of 2483, which is
the highest rating so far on that hardware! But we must remember that several of
the best programs haven't been tested on P90. On a P200 MMX I guess that Chess
Tiger 11.8 would get a rating within 10-20 points from the top. Of course we
look forward to play with the latest version of Chess Tiger on faster hardware."

If Tiger 11.8 would be at 10-20 points from the top, and as it is able to play
automatic games, then obviously, as Thoralf points out, it is a good candidate
for K6-450 testing...

However, Tiger 11.8 is the April 99 version of Chess Tiger, and the book that
has been provided to the SSDF is -as we unfortunately noticed later- full of
incorrect lines.

If the SSDF is willing to test Tiger on faster hardware (K6-450), I wish they
let me first provide them a much better version, which is Tiger 12.0, the one
that will be soon released as the REBEL-TIGER. The engine itself has been
tremendously improved over 11.8, and the book is now free from mistakes.

I can provide the SSDF quickly with this engine, by Internet, and allow them to
make copies of the program for their testing purposes if it can help.

I hope the SSDF representatives will give a positive answer to my proposition.



	Christophe Théron
	Author of Chess Tiger



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