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Subject: Re: Dutch CCC - Arthur on 300MHz G3 2nd weekend

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:09:49 11/29/98

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On November 29, 1998 at 20:36:00, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote:

>Correction, below.
>
>>*** Macintosh program places 3rd ****************************************
>>Wim van Beusekom (author of MacChess) visited the tournament last weekend,
>>and tells me "Arthur" (programmer Walter Ravenek) was running on
>>Walter's '"old" 120 MHz Mac'. (A Power Mac 8500/120, I believe).
>>This was a good tournament for "Arthur" - it drew the supercomputer
>>"CilkChess 2.0", and beat Nimzo '99. I wonder if "Arthur" would have done
>>even better with faster equipment, like a 400MHz G3.
>
> Wim tells me that, on the second weekend, "Arthur" was on a 300MHz G3.
>
>>"Arthur" placed 4th in 1995 and 5th in 1996.
>>*************************************************************************



One other bit of news...  there were multiple protests about the "bionic impakt"
entry.  I was asked by two programmers participating to study this to see if it
appeared to be a "new program based on crafty" or just crafty.  I played through
two games and got almost perfect matches, move per move.  I concluded this was
Crafty version 16.1 and told the TD so.  After a lot of chatter, nothing was
done, because their rules about this were quite vague.  However, further oddball
behavior was noted, in that on Saturday of the second weekend, this program
played horribly, blundered pawns here and there, and just looked silly.  Almost
as though it wasn't the same program that started the tournament.  I'm going to
analyze some of the odd games when I get them (lost the link to the dutch
site unfortunately).  A problematic and ugly episode to be sure...  And congrats
to the top finishers.



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