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Subject: Re: De Gorters review of Crafty 16.6 (integral text, English translation)

Author: James Robertson

Date: 10:10:35 04/25/00

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>For this tournament and all following I used two Mendecino (Celeron) PC’s on
>433MHz with 64Mb RAM. Time controls were 30 minutes a player a game. The results
>of the A tournament leave no doubt. Under the same conditions Crafty is no match
>for the best commercial programs.

He first says this. Crafty is no match for the best commercial programs.

>(*remark: it ended last, Fritz 5.32 was first,
>then junior 5 and Chessmaster 6000 – JIMvD) Even under computer programs it’s
>tactically very strong, but regarding mobility of pieces and some endgames it is
>not really up to the rest.
>I have to add that this is only the result of one tournament, and that is much
>too less. In tournament C (*remark: also 30,0 where Crafty ended second together
>with Fritz 6, Junior 4.6, only after Junior 5 at one– JIMvD) you will see that
>Crafty indeed can be very dangerous.

Then has the nerve to say this. Oops, half my evidence completely contradicts my
theory, so I had better belittle it. It can't mean what it looks like. I know in
my heart Crafty must be inferior, so how could evidence against that be anything
but a fluke, "tactical windfall"?

Absolutely biased ""reporting"".

James



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