Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:13:49 10/26/99
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On October 26, 1999 at 16:34:37, blass uri wrote: >On October 25, 1999 at 22:19:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 25, 1999 at 21:26:11, Jerry wrote: >> >>>On October 25, 1999 at 20:39:05, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >>> >>>>Crafty's Blitz rating on ICC hit an incredible 3262 today. It's a new high for >>>>Crafty, which is miles ahead of the competition on the ICC best list. Congrats >>>>to Hyatt! >>> >>>One reason Crafty is rated so high is his incredible noplay list, refusing to >>>play other high rated computer programs when he loses a few times... >> >> >>I explained why the above was nonsense... and forgot to explain the _real_ >>reason it bumped past 3250... three GMs have taken to playing it 30-40 games >>at a time, at 3 0. > >I do not understand their behaviour. >They can play crafty not in ICC at 3 0 without losing rating. > >What is the reason that they do it? > >Uri I have no idea. However they can't play "my crafty" except on ICC, and since not many folks have a quad xeon laying around, having one as strong as 'crafty' on ICC is not very likely. As to why 3 0? It is insane... but it has been done many times.... Bruce and I have seen these 'binges' many times...
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