Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 16:19:19 06/13/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 16:38:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 13:50:19, James Swafford wrote: > >>On June 13, 2002 at 11:06:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On June 12, 2002 at 14:31:57, Slater Wold wrote: >>> >>>>Where'd you come up with the name? >>>> >>>>Crafty, Fritz, Junior, Rebel, Chess Tiger, Movei, Ferret, Monsoon, etc., etc. >>>> >>>> >>>>Where'd they all come from? >>> >>> >>>"Cray Blitz" partially came from students. In the very early 1970's, I >>>put my chess program on the CIS departmental computer and let students play >>>it. It was pretty obvious that it played fast chess far better than slow >>>chess way back then, because of the very slow hardware. Students suggested >>>calling it "blitz" because of this. When Cray started to formally sponsor >>>the program by providing machine time, I added the "cray" to "cray blitz" to >>>make it "different" from the old "blitz" program which had its own USCF rating >>>on much slower hardware. >>> >>>"crafty" came about when I searched for a name (handle) to use when I first >>>started playing the program on ICC. It seemed to make some "crafty" moves >>>and I chose to use that for the name... >> >>Hmm. I always thought "CRAftY" was a play on "Cray". :) >>-- >>James > > >Never was. Stuart Cracraft got me interested in ICC (ICS back then) and >he thought it was a play on his name too. :) I knew him years ago, but I don't remember from what.
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