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Subject: Re: typical: a sensation happens and nobody here registers it !

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:22:10 10/17/00

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On October 17, 2000 at 05:57:00, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On October 16, 2000 at 21:21:47, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>In the case of the cstal games, several here tuned in each nite to watch them.
>>Most were played by "lonnie" but maybe 100 or so by cstal accounts (all games
>>were not saved as at times, cstal's rating was too low to save the games.)
>>Most got tired of watching them, as the dreaded "wild attacks" simply never
>>happened...  or if they did, in maybe one of 20 games...
>
>Nonsense IMO.
>CSTal plays not that weak. Depends which machine you use and
>which time control. it was never designed for blitz-games.
>
>for getting those kind of RESULTS on 40/120 you need more than luck:
>
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Crafty 17.10 ---------------- 4 zu 3 und 3 x Remis = 5.5 zu 4.5
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Fritz 6.0a -------------------- 4 zu 5 und 1 x Remis = 4.5 zu
>5.5
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Fritz 5.32 -------------------- 2 zu 3 und 5 x Remis = 4.5 zu
>5.5
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Fritz 5.00 -------------------- 2 zu 3 und 5 x Remis = 4.5 zu
>5.5
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Junior 6.0 -------------------- 2 zu 3 und 5 x Remis = 4.5 zu
>5.5
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Nimzo 7.32 ------------------ 3 zu 5 und 2 x Remis = 4.0 zu 6.0
>Chess Tal 2.03 - Nimzo`99 -------------------- 2 zu 3 und 5 x Remis = 4.5 zu 5.5
>
>5.5-4.5 against crafty
>4.5-5.5 against fritz6a
>4.5-5.5 against junior
>
>is this showing that CSTAL is to weak to save the games.
>
>it seems you talk about blitz games you have seen, with strange machines.
>seems your data is based on fast time control and slow machines.
>this way i can make ANY program into a loser.



The games we played were played at the time control Chris chose, as he started
the games.  Or Lonnie.

_I_ know what it takes to get the results posted above.  I won't say to protect
the guilty, however.



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