Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 09:32:58 01/04/00
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On January 04, 2000 at 11:36:36, pavel wrote: >On January 04, 2000 at 11:30:09, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On January 04, 2000 at 09:28:05, pavel wrote: >> >>>hi guys, >>> Is it my imagination or is it true? the new version of goliath actually >>>plays a lot better game then the older versions. For example i have seen the >>>older version lose 8 straight games against TCB (45) and now it goes the other >>>way round not only that it is winning most of the games that it plays against >>>crafty ........comet........anmon.......TCB .....in my comp (i ussually play >>>lots of standard long games between these programs). Now the most interesting >>>part is......in goliaths forum.....the author of the program replied to a post >>>saying that the "big goliath" will be available on dec '99.......if not >>>commercial then as a freeware......but the only version that actually came out >>>in the dec last year is LG2000v2.......now seeing its performance and some facts >>>about its release date can I presume that this is the big cheese?? >>>or only i am the one who is seeing the differance? >>>anyone else with their ideas and thoughts? >>> >>> >>>pavel.......oops its year 2000 already? >>>:))) >> >>I've allways found the idea of a Big Goliath to be rather odd, because the >>Little Goliath programs themselves are _very_ strong as it is. >> >>So a Big Goliath would presumably have a significant increase in stregnth, where >>is this going to come from? Will it's trump card be the use of tablebases? >>Because how much can you improve on it's aggresive midgame tactics? >> >>Pete > >Thats exactly what i was thinking........even if big goliath is 100 elo better >then LG (atleast) then its still alot better.......almost as good as commercial >ones.........something fishy? ......or just misunderstanding? >pavel If my memory serves me well, the author said, long time ago, that Big goliath would be stucked with a lot of knowledge and that the little one was deprived of it. If that is the difference, of course that does not means the big one will be far better than the mutilated version. Fernando
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