Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:43:57 11/02/97
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On November 02, 1997 at 10:34:18, Mark Young wrote: >Robert i have played Ferret and Crafty 100's of times on icc, fisc, and >chess-net. Under my account names Klamath, Carokann, and phibs. I >understand very well how strong ferret and crafty are. My point was many >people tend to think that computer speed is everything. I have found as >long as the computer is not more then 2x's slower i will take the better >program and win with it more offen the lose. >I only made this point because of some of the post i read saying that >the alpha's should not be playing in the WMCCC. ( I am speaking more for >standard time controls then blitz times. ) I misunderstood then. I read it as "ferret is not strong, even on fast hardware." That I totally don't agree with. Your PII/300 is almost identical in performance to his Polywell alpha/533, based on benchmarks Bruce did in Paris and benchmarks I have done here on the one PII/300 we have in our department. Given that, how have you fared against him? That's a pretty good indicator since hardware is equal...
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