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Subject: Re: Crafty on Anything is not that good..... <grin>....

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:54:47 09/12/99

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On September 12, 1999 at 10:43:37, Randy Schmidt wrote:

>I do not believe that Crafty running on any processor(s) would
>be stronger than Hiarcs7.1, or for that matter Junior.  My
>large caveat is that the time control be something like eight
>hours a move (perhaps even 50 hours a move).
>
>My point is that the positional elements of Junior and Hiarcs
>would supercede the speed of crafty on a souped up computer.
>On any time control faster than 40/2, I think Crafty would have
>a decisive advantage.
>


Here's a point to ponder.  If "junior" has a lot more 'positional understanding'
than crafty, how would you explain the fact that it is _far_ faster than crafty.
In fact, it is likely the fastest program running that I have seen NPS numbers
for.


>I would love to see the experiment however, as would everyone else :)
>
>I would be remiss if I didn't state that Rebel 10b would be favored
>over crafty at LONG time controls, but not Fritz x.x


You might ask ed about this.. He has _already_ done this experiment.  The
results are on the rebel message board.  Read them, then take a few deep
breaths to recover, and come back for more discussion.  :)



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