Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 17:17:04 04/25/00
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Obviously either A) He didn't have setting correctly done. B) He only used the Chessbase version of Crafty ( which I find to be rather weak compared to the actual Windows version ). He should not be commenting on a freeware program in that article, as he was comparing "Commercial" programs. There is a vast difference, the biggest one seems to be in your pocket book. Maybe he just didn't think which in my view was the basis of his article. Crafty 16.6 was and still is one of the best Crafty versions today. As a test a few weeks ago, I ran 16.6 again on FICS and it only resulted in a minor 40 point drop in rank compared to 17.10 under blitz time controls. This could be due to the emmense learning I have with that program, or that it got lucky, but none the less, I would like to see the same test done with either 16.19, or 17.10 and I assure you the results would be VERY different, as Crafty on equal hardware I find is if not equal to the commercials, almost better. Crafty does have an advantage in hardware, even if on equal systems due to the bloated interfaces the commercial programs use, thus not being able to use as much hash. Crafty has although a good book, compared to some of the commercial programs, I can assure you that it is better than the general.ctg that comes with most of the Chessbase engines. I definately think one should think before writing such an article, as it is better to look like an ass for having an opinion about something you know about, than look like a complete idiot for having an opinion that is completely wrong.
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