Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:02:26 01/26/00
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On January 26, 2000 at 09:32:02, James A. Tackett wrote: >On January 26, 2000 at 08:10:36, James T. Walker wrote: > >>My Chess Tiger is doing very good. All problems have been ironed out except >>storing games automaticially. Has anyone figured out how to do this yet? At >>blitz it is playing very close to Fritz 6 and Junior 6 and beating Hiarcs 7.32 >>by a small margin (About 120 games total so far). Only a thousand games will >>separate these engines (maybe). It appears the latest improvements in Junior >>and Fritz have brought them up to Tiger's level or beyond but we will know about >>6 months from now which is best (or maybe not). I already long for the day when >>the Tiger has tablebases but for now it is good nuff ! Great start for >>Christophe/Rebel-Tiger/Chesspartner. >>Jim Walker > >If you have to write a short paragraph to explain the change of tone between >your first post on Tiger and this post, what would it say? Hello James, That's a fair question! I have explained my progress in earlier post to some extent but I don't expect you to read my junk. But since you asked. There were several problems encountered with installing/setting up Chess Tiger. Many were small irritations which I have found a work around or simple solutions to thanks to some help here. I still have two small problems which I have found no solution to. First: I still cannot get it to save games automatically when playing either on the server or using auto232. Second: I cannot get it to work properly as "Master" using the auto232 function. It works fine as "Slave" and that is the way I will use it for now. My main use of programs is watching them play each other on auto232 or watching them play on the servers vs Higher ranked Humans or other programs. It is a hobby of mine. So most of the problems were in the area I use most. Many people would not notice these if they just turn it on and start playing. I really got started off on the wrong foot with this program when I inserted the CD ROM and instead of starting a "setup" program to load the software it started up my AOL software. I still don't know what the reason for that is. To top off the evening, it was getting late by then, I played it a quick match vs Junior 6 at blitz and Junior killed it like 8-3 when I quit. I tried to use it on the ICC to check out that feature and could not get it to play without a lot of clicking and typing. I since discovered that there is a better way to do things which is not expressed in the on board manual which I also think is poor. So put everything together and I was not too happy. Today I'm a changed man. I still have a couple of problems but overall I'm satisfied with the program. I have now played over 120 games vs the top programs and Chess Tiger is difinitely in the same league as Fritz 6/Junior 6/Hiarcs 7.32. So, I may have left out a few details but that's off the top of my "Old" head right now. Jim Walker
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