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Subject: Re: What is Ruffian?

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 06:01:49 07/25/02

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On July 25, 2002 at 05:35:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On July 24, 2002 at 17:40:08, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>It plays at CCC and has a standard rating over 2700, claiming to play at a
>>1.4Mhz Intel processor. That's higher than some Tigers and Fritzes on MUCH
>>faster hardware! Tao has lost all games it played without chance from the
>>beginning. WHAT is it???
>
>I believe we've had this one before. IMHO it's just a hoax (different program
>and hardware than what the notes say).
>
>--
>GCP

That might very well be true. It is suspect that a program that strong is so
totally unknown and has never participated in any tournaments, as far as I know.

Best regards,
Bas.










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