After weeks, probably months, of reading about how GetClub's
success against the Jester program, I finally went to the Web
site again (I did not like the graphic chess board before) and
played a couple of games.

This site (ludochess.com) claims that Jester is the world's
strongest Jave chess program, so it seems ludicrous that the
games Sanny has presented here are a fair representation of
its chess play. Sure enough, Jester not only moved very
quickly (unlike anything available at GetClub), but in the first
game it did not make even a single "questionable" move. In
fact, it was much like playing Fritz (which is not a Java applet).

I noticed that even when I set the program for a somewhat
slower pace, it still moved rapidly, and thus, so did I. Just
like five minute blitz chess, this program was determined not
to get into a bind on the clock -- come what may. I lost two
out of two, and I still don't know if it would have claimed a
win on time, had I played slower and exceeded my allotment.

IMO, the only way for a decent game to occur between the
Jester I played and GetClub, would be to set Jester to move
in one second, versus GetClub's Master or Advance level --
taking a half-hour or much more per move, on average. My
question to Sanny is this: why is it that his results show
Jester playing poorly, missing obvious tactics for example,
when every time I have tried it the program plays both
quickly and strongly?

My view is that this program is most likely not much worse
than commercial programs like Fritz or Crafty, in spite of the
Java platform. The games we have seen posted here by
Sanny make no sense, unless he has crippled the Jester
program severely. If so, please inform me how this can be
done, so I don't get clobbered by Jester ever again. :D


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