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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