Author: odell hall
Date: 00:37:22 02/16/00
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On February 16, 2000 at 02:49:59, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 16, 2000 at 01:19:02, odell hall wrote: > >>On February 16, 2000 at 00:07:47, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On February 15, 2000 at 16:43:42, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>> >>>>On February 15, 2000 at 16:27:29, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>>>>Tiger is NOT focused on comp-comp games. It happens to do well in comp-comp, >>>> >>>>Nice understatement. ;) >>>> >>>> >>>>>but >>>>>it has not been designed with this in mind. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I stand corrected. >>>> >>>>Point was of course that it's not easy to compare engines on such a one-to-one >>>>basis. If Kasparov is rated 150 points higher that John Doe, but John Doe >> >> >>never >>>>lost one of his 1500 games against Kasparov, it can be a tricky question. >>>>Obviously, John Doe is a Kasparov-man. It was not by choice, but the result is >>>>the same. Since we have Elo lists, we say : Kasparov is the strongest. >>>>(very small print: some say Fischer still is...:)) >>> >>> >>>(even smaller prints: reminds me of someone claiming that CM6000 is still the >>>best) >>> >>>;) :) >>> >>>(sorry Michael) ;) >>> >>> >>> >>>>From time to time they pop up - the strongest, the best, you know, but it has >>>>more nuance than "which one is stronger?" . If we say SSDF rules, we should say: >>>>you can't compare, because they're not both in the list. >>>>At that time we resort to other measures, like playing style. >>> >>> >>>I personally find the playing style of Rebel much more enjoyable that the >>>playing style of Rebel-Tiger. >>> >>>And I think that is one of the reason why Rebel does so good against >>>GrandMasters: it has a damn good positional style. You almost never find a >>>position that Rebel does not understand. >>> >>>Rebel-Tiger (Chess Tiger engine) plays solid chess, but games are not as >>>exciting. >>> >>>One amazing experiment: let Rebel play against Rebel-Tiger. I did this once, and >>>it was very very interesting. Fireworks all the time, very undecided games until >>>the last move. >> >> >> >>> >>>I do not know why it is so, but these two really spit electricity when they have >>>to play each other. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >> I agree I think Chess Tiger is basically a Glorified Chess Genius > > > >I take it as a compliment. Can I? > > > > Christophe Yes ofcourse. It is much better than Chess Genius but has the same Solid Style. I prefer more lively play but I can respect the Karpov style also.
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