Author: Howard Exner
Date: 07:42:37 11/03/97
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I think one disadvantage Crafty may have is that it is so easily available to everyone. There is no mystery about its playing style, strengths and weaknesses. Here are some observations to support this theory. Note just a few recent examples of programmer secrecy such as in Deep Blue for one and the withholding of games from the French Championship a few weeks ago as another. Secrecy in chess is commonplace for all chess players. Also,I wonder how many programmers have now included opening preperation against Crafty's ingenious forth move in the Ruy Lopez (B-c4 instead of the common B-a4) that was seen about a year ago? How might Crafty fare in two years from now if Bob took a 2 year break from releasing Crafty to the masses? Call it "Hyatt's Hiatus" (say that quickly 3 times in a row).
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