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Subject: Re: Are we still waiting better "amateur" than Crafty?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:40:47 05/20/02

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On May 20, 2002 at 04:15:14, Jouni Uski wrote:

>I wonder, if there will ever be significantly stronger amateur/free engine than
>Crafty? With significant I mean 30-50 rating points . Of course ever is very
>long time... If some engine reaches that performance may be it goes to
>commercial
>soon.
>
>Jouni

I hope that we never see it.

Crafty is good enough and if there is going to be something clearly better that
is free then it is going to be a disaster for computer chess.

I am afraid that in that case part of the programmers of the free programs are
going to give up and stop develop their program.

I think that everyone who develop something that is significantly better than
Crafty should sell it or at least make it private and not free.

Uri



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