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Subject: Re: Crafty not that strong (2)

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 14:22:05 04/24/00

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>I'm not sure I am a respectable chess programmer, but I want to ask something:
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>Why is Crafty's management of pondering supposed to be superior to Fritz'?
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>Why is pondering=off supposed to handicap Crafty more than Fritz?
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>Who can seriously believe that Frans Morsch is so lousy that he cannot take
>advantage of pondering as well as Bob does?
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>
>    Christophe
>

Good questions, Christophe, but don't be surprised if they go unanswered.

This debate has been raging forever and I still haven't seen any convincing
evidence that "no-pondering" hurts Crafty more than it hurts other programs.

--Peter

• Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Robert Hyatt 15:08:33 04/24/00
  • Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Peter Kappler 17:04:25 04/24/00
    • Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Robert Hyatt 18:23:31 04/24/00
      • Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Peter Kappler 19:02:00 04/24/00
        • Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Robert Hyatt 20:12:43 04/24/00
• Re: Crafty not that strong (2) Mogens Larsen 14:38:31 04/24/00

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