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diep@xs4all.nl (Vincent Diepeveen) wrote in message news:<3c5e4c80.6946250@news.xs4all.nl>...
> 2 things
>   a) SSDF is not independant but they ask for hardware donations 
> before they can garantuee that a program is on th elist. So i REFUSE
> to do that. It is my policy to not on a list which is made by people
> who are according to my definitions corrupt.

Ok, this is a different issue, and I understand your position, but
it's complicated and I don't think that the results are compromised as
such. Notice how other developers such as Ed Schroeder have submitted
their programs (Rebel Century 4) for testing. I doubt he'd do so if he
thought their testing was biased in any way.

> 
>  b)  the level is 40 in 2. this guy asks after 10 minutes a game.

He asked about both categories, blitz and full-length games. 

> 
> Doesn't take away that tiger is not a bad blitz program either, when
> equipped with the special tournament book.

Well, a decent book is necessary in any case since if you leave the
opening much worse, then you'll have to pray the opponent is
sufficiently incompetent or weaker than yourself to allow you to
compensate for it.

                                    Albert Silver

> 
> On 2 Feb 2002 19:20:48 -0800, silver_albert@hotmail.com (Albert
> Silver) wrote:
> 
> >Denis Horvat <necromancer81@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.16c55c596f60e40dba@news.hinet.hr>...
> >> I'm sure you get alot of this question, but I've read previous messages 
> >> and did not find the answer to it. What is currently the strongest chess 
> >> program? I'm talking about two categories (my guess is there would be a 
> >> winner in each), blitz game (games under 10 min), and normal full-lenght 
> >> game. Thank you.
> >
> >According to the SSDF
> >(http://w1.859.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm), an independent
> >association dedicated to testing programs against each other at 40
> >moves/2h it is Chess Tiger 14. The same program that won a GM
> >tournament last year in Argentina 2 full points ahead of the
> >competition. The program comes with its brilliant hyper attacking
> >brother Tiger Gambit 2.0. Both are monsters in blitz games.
> >
> >                                       Albert Silver