Author: Pete Galati
Date: 02:49:53 04/23/00
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On April 23, 2000 at 05:35:48, Jürgen Hartmann wrote: >Its a super achievement for Crafty that people now seriously discuss whether >17.10 is stronger or weaker than the current leader of the commercial pack, >Fritz. > >It looks astonishing that nobody bothers matching Crafty anymore with, say, >Nimzo, Tiger, Shredder or Rebel, which I personally find strong also. > >Does it mean that Crafty 17.10 has reached them now? Incredible. > >Jürgen I don't think Crafty has reached them. But Crafty's pretty strong. I think we're seeing the margins closing, and allot of the other freeware engines will slowly start to catch up with Crafty too. The commercial software offers allot that Crafty doesn't, but Crafty is pretty darn strong. But people tend to get too excited by a few wins & losses. Pete
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