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Subject: Re: Crafty 17.10 is just as strong as Junior 6a!

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 00:30:43 04/24/00

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On April 22, 2000 at 18:29:36, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On April 22, 2000 at 14:48:42, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>>On April 22, 2000 at 14:20:57, A.L.Mourik wrote:
>>
>>>Hello dear CCC friends,
>>>
>>>Although earlier reports from e.g. Jouni Uski, suggest an enormous increase in
>>>strenght for Crafty 17.10
>>>Nuun 2 match result Fritz6 against Crafty  17.10 ends in a very clear
>>>29,5-10,5!! victory for Fritz6.
>>>Played on PII 400 8mb for HT, Timecontrol 5 min + 3 sec per move.
>>
>>Both Junior 6a and Crafty 17.10 are optimized for longer time controls and not
>>blitz 5 minute chess.
>
>
>Did the author of Junior say anything like that?
>
>
>    Christophe
>

No, and also "optimizing for longer time controls" has the sound of focusing on
some narrow target, which is not the way I develop. It is true that if I see a
match loss in blitz I'm more inclined to say "oh, well" than if I see a loss in
longer time controls.

With this disclaimer, I think it's true that whatever is good about Junior6
shows up in full force in longer time controls, and the program's weak points
are more emphasized in blitz. It's still a pretty good blitz program, if you ask
me.

Amir



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