Author: James T. Walker
Date: 13:56:23 10/25/99
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On October 25, 1999 at 06:54:32, Shep wrote: >Hi all, > >you all probably remember the (often heated) discussions about CSTal 2.50 and >its participation in tournaments on SCCS and elsewhere. >Chris' and Thorsten's claims that 2.50 was broken and thus way below the "real" >CSTal strength were probably not taken seriously enough by me. > >I have now played a significant amount of games with CSTal 2.03 (with and >without Thorsten's new style), and while I can't comment on whether its strength >is at par with the very best, I can definitely state it plays _much_ better >chess than 2.50. > >I'm not too proud to admit that I have made a mistake by not investigating this >issue earlier during the Shep Championship 1999 (where 2.50 came 11th/12), and >my apologies go especially to Chris who will hopefully continue working on CSTal >III. > >--- >Shep Hello Shep, Thanks for setting the record straight. I appreciate the info. My test indicate that CSTal-2 (2.03) plays a very interesting game of chess. CSTal-2 has several features that no other chess program has right now. I hope that the next version is stronger and better. Jim Walker
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