Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 02:24:59 11/28/99
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>Posted by Wayne Lowrance on November 28, 1999 at 00:46:40: > >In Reply to: That is the Relevance of Chess Tiger, not Toger :) posted by >Micheal Cummings on November 27, 1999 at 22:31:28: > >On November 27, 1999 at 22:31:28, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >Alittle bit strong ! I do not agree with the post in general. But it does raise >a question that I have for SSDf. That is why did they test Chess Tiger before >its release and not for example, Fritz6, Ferrit, Junior6 and just curious, why >is crafty not tested ? >I asking these questions not in arrogance cause I know there has to be a good >reason, just would like to hear them. > >Wayne The answer was given by the chairman of SSDF, see his wordings: Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------- The good result for Chess Tiger 11.8 on P90 made us very curious about what Christophe Therons latest program could achieve on faster hardware. Now we know! After 317 tournament games Chess Tiger 12.0 DOS K6-2 450 MHz has taken the first place on the rating list! It's rating is 2696, which is 25 points more than Fritz 5.32 has on the same hardware! Very impressing! As can be seen SSDF has played with a DOS-version of Chess Tiger. Will the final commercial Windows- version Rebel-Tiger be slower and therefore weaker? No, surprisingly the opposite seems to be the case! Windows does slow the program down with 2-3%, but since the Windows compiler is better than the DOS- compiler, the net effect is a speed advantage for the Windows version. Our preliminary tests with a beta-version indicates that the Windows version is about 8-10% faster at three minutes per move. Although we now have many more games with the programs on K6-2 450 MHz than on the September list, the margin of error is still 40-50 points. This must be remembered when the ratings are considered.
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