Author: ujecrh
Date: 00:58:51 06/25/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 00:42:26, Bobby Ang wrote:
>I am merely a chess software user, so perhaps many of you here in the
>computer-chess club should excuse this ignorant question.
>
>The other day I was talking with the other admins in the ICC, and we were
>discussing the difference in the chess software being used there. One rather
>undiplomatic query I put to Tim McGrew (the computer-buster) was how he can
>differentiate between Fritz5 and Crafty. His answer was very intriguing:
>"Crafty is more prone to make meaningless pawn moves in the opening, but its
>search extensions seem to be better". When I pursued the matter further
>("search extensions? what's that!?) he replied : "I have seen Crafty announce a
>mate-in-28 in a blitz game".
>
It probably just comes from use of an endgame database.
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