Author: Shep
Date: 01:58:07 11/03/99
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On November 02, 1999 at 17:04:07, Heiko Mikala wrote: >On November 02, 1999 at 02:59:37, Shep wrote: > >>I have just finished my 10-game series CT12 vs. F6 at 30/game (2xPIII-550), >>and Tiger won impressively 8.5:1.5. >>(Games will be posted later.) >>However, if you remove doubles, it's only 6.5:1.5 because games #7 and #9 were >>identical to #5. > >That's impressive indeed! > >As you know, I played a tournament (g/60 on 2xIBM 6x86MX PR-300) with F6 against >Hiarcs 7.32, CM6000, Rebel Century, MChess Pro 8 and Genius 5, and I found Fritz >play very impressive then. I think it could be a bit more aggressive, but it's >tactical abilities are huge. If Chess Tiger is so much ahead of F6, oh my god... Don't forget this is "only" a 10-game series. I remember reading a posting about a Tiger match that started off 7:0 for Tiger but finally was closer to 50%. And I think Tiger is just a nightmare for Fritz; its results against other programs are also impressive but nowhere near 85%. (Actually, Tiger's overall score is something like 24:9 or so now, losing only to CM 6666 and Hiarcs 7.32 once). >What were your impressions of the games, what do you think was the main reason >for Tiger to win? Was it tactical superiority? Or did Tiger win mainly by >playing agressive king-attacks which F6 couldn't handle? Clear mistakes by >Fritz? The main reason Tiger and some CM personalities are so strong is that they have a much better feeling for distant threats. I have seen many programs which seem to have no problems with their opponent having a passed pawn on the 6th rank, supported by Bishop and Rook, because they think they have enough material to block the attack (so they say +0.20 when Tiger or CM are already at +2), but some 10-15 moves later, suddenly this pawn decides the game because the defenders have been removed or forced to move elsewhere. Tiger is neither tactically superior to Fritz (IMHO) nor specifically aggressive, it simply has awesome positional skills. It's not that you say "whow, this is an awesome move", but rather "oops, what happened, game over?". :) (The same goes for Rebel as well; few spectacular combinations, but constant positional pressure, although Rebel's moves are often highly different from Tiger's.) >I'm looking forward to see the games! I hope to remember posting them tomorrow. --- Shep
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