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Subject: Here are some more.....

Author: James Robertson

Date: 14:46:06 04/18/00

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Horka:

Statistics for Horka(C)         (Last disconnected Mon Mar 13, 12:24 CST 2000):

          rating     RD      win    loss    draw   total   best
Blitz      2267     98.2      48      16       5      69   2281 (28-Jan-2000)
Standard   2381    208.9       3       1       0       4
Lightning  2199    121.2      48       7       0      55   2259 (09-Oct-1999)
Wild       ----    350.0       0       0       0       0
Bughouse   ----    350.0       0       0       0       0
Crazyhouse ----    350.0       0       0       0       0
Suicide    ----    350.0       0       0       0       0


 1: <message> I Experimetal Program of Chess , running Pentium 100 mhz, 16 Mb
RAM !

Sly:

Sly claimed to use an experimental engine for a while, but now is revealed to be
TCB (BTW, its rating did not change when it "switched" from the experimental
engine to TCB).

TurboGM:

Statistics for TurboGM(C)       (Last disconnected Sat Apr 15, 22:35 CDT 2000):

          rating     RD      win    loss    draw   total   best
Blitz      2457     46.3    1462     433     350    2245   2757 (31-Dec-1996)
Standard   2476     72.0     122      45      47     214   2512 (21-Aug-1996)
Lightning  2644     62.7     866     277     164    1307   2685 (09-May-1998)
Wild       2111    168.1      24      10       0      34
Bughouse   ----    350.0       0       0       0       0
Crazyhouse ----    350.0       0       0       0       0
Suicide    ----    350.0       0       0       0       0


 1: PSYCHO 201
 2: AMD K7, 256 MB PC-100, Win NT
 3: This is an experimental computer engine.
 4: It is designed to play more like a human.
 5: All the principles of gambit play are emphasized.
 6: Gambit openings will be played almost exclusively.
 7: You can expect that your king will be under attack.
 8: This engine uses much more time than most computers.
 9: I weigh positional factors and king attacks MUCH more highly than material.
10: All this together produces a very formidable computer opponent and some darn
fun games.


I am not saying all these guys are cheaters, but it is amazing that an
experimental engine on a 100 machine would be rated higher than scrappy. Horka
is quite possibly legitimate. It is quite strong too.

James




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