Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 08:36:44 02/01/00
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On February 01, 2000 at 04:41:14, Lonnie Cook wrote:
>On February 01, 2000 at 00:18:25, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 31, 2000 at 16:53:37, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>When playing against this very strong program, Rebel-Tiger will not provide a
>>>hint for move when asked - very mean! I knew tigers were vicious but had no idea
>>>they were completely without mercy. This Rebel-Tiger even shrouds itself in
>>>secrecy by not showing the Opening name - very cruel. At just two seconds a move
>>>(beginner's level) it plays like a caged tiger! I have been humiliated,
>>>defeated, crushed, and so devastated that I had to get out High Heat Baseball
>>>2000 and relieve my frustration.
>>>
>>>Congratulations to Christophe and Ed. ):
>>
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>And sorry... ;)
>>
>>
>>
>>>P.S. Dear Christophe and Ed: How about putting in an engine called PussyCat that
>>>plays like a cat without wiskers trying to find its way around?
>>
>>
>>I'll think about it, but for now I would rather like to improve the playing
>>strength of Tiger. Losing the #1 on SSDF is really getting on my nerves. Amir
>>will not go away with this. ;)
>
>Chris,
>I was talking to someone about this very thing. I said that learning should've
>been put in RT BUT it can be said too that even though you played a bunch of
>learning programs your engine still did so well just goes to show the power of
>the Tiger!
Rebel-Tiger HAS a learning system. But it is a simple one, and sometimes a
specific line can be found where it will not work very well (when the opponent
finds a line where the book does not have several variations).
I did not want to spend too much time in a learning algorithm. Usually the book
learning system is useful only for comp-comp games, not against humans.
I prefer to spend more time in improving the chess understanding of my engine.
Obviously I should have been more careful about this.
Christophe
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