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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:28:56 04/26/00

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On April 26, 2000 at 11:10:25, blass uri wrote:

>On April 26, 2000 at 08:56:49, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>On April 26, 2000 at 08:07:05, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>In other words, TSCP on my hardware would be rated at > 3000 on ICC?
>>>
>>>I would hope most would realize how ridiculous that sounds...
>>
>>
>>Why not? I suggest you do some serious testing and write a review about it :D
>>
>>Tom would love it <GRIN>
>>
>>Jeroen ;-}
>
>No reason to do it when it is obvious that TSCP has no chance.
>
>The comparison was with the top commercial program and not with TSCP that was
>not designed to play chess well but to help beginners.
>
>Uri


No, but if he believes that Crafty does well _only_ because it has superior
hardware, then that same superior hardware should make _any_ program do well,
unless the semantics of the English language have changed more than I
realize.



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