Author: Graham Laight
Date: 16:27:30 12/24/99
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On December 24, 1999 at 18:40:21, John Warfield wrote: > > I want to congradulate Ed Schoeder for creating a very good imitation of the >late great Michael Tal in his Century program. At first I suspected that this >feature was simply a gimmick and that there would be no real difference in it's >play than the default Rebel. I was very pleasantly surprised as it is has a >completely different playing style. I noticed that Rebel century does not even >consider many of the moves of Tal, demonstrating clearly that the engines are >different. I observe that the chessmaster personalities will play very similiar >to CM6000, which makes you wonder if there is a real difference. Not so with >Rebel century ED has managed to create completely separate personalities. I >find playing against Tal very enjoyable, and true to the style of Tal , REb-Tal >will sacrifice atleast one pawn a game. I have played it about five games, and >noticed some bizzare Tal like move in everygame. Some of the moves were a >complete shock, and I would say to myself, " I think schoeder may have went to >far and made this personality play unsound", Yet five moves later I would find >myself completely lost and utterly astonished. >This is the type of play which makes playing chess programs interesting and fun. >I would like to know if I am the only one who is noticing this, what are otheres >expierences with tal? I don't know whether the Tal personality was turned on, but I played through the recent GM game it played with Ruslan and won as white. The sacrifice of a knight to get to black's king had benefits - but they were so far ahead I find it difficult to believe that they were within Century's horizon. I felt that the game could have been adequetely (but less excitingly) won with the usual tactics and attrition from the position. -g
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