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Subject: Re: All the pros got scared away by crafty

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 13:42:20 01/06/05

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On January 06, 2005 at 15:03:15, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On January 06, 2005 at 14:59:49, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>When they thought they could steamroll, all of them entered.
>>
>>Now that they know crafty can clean their clock, their absence is rather
>>conspicuous.
>>
>>IMO-YMMV
>
>Personally I don't think a single commercial entrant will be in CCT7.
>
>Even though Gandalf, Rebel, ChessTiger, Ruffian all work within the Chesspartner
>interface and can kibitz, I don't expect them to enter.
>
>The class of freeware engines has gained to much ground and the fear that they
>will be throttled in a game or two will keep them away.
>
>This _exact_ conversation happened on ICC last night.
>
>Peter

Last year Hiarcs and Junior both joined about 24 hours before the start of the
tournament.

anthony



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