Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 06:56:32 06/14/02
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On June 14, 2002 at 00:22:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 19:19:19, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>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. > > >Gnuchess for one thing... :) I know he was involved with that, but I knew him from something else. I just can't remember what. Any other ideas?
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