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Subject: Re: What is Ruffian?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:22:02 07/25/02

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On July 24, 2002 at 18:22:44, stuart taylor wrote:

>On July 24, 2002 at 17:42:30, Frank Phillips 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???
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Bas.
>>
>>Very strong.  It plays on FICS on a 300MHz cpu (I think) and is hard to beat.
>
>So is this the strongest freeware program?
>S.Taylor


Just guessing, it is a commercial program on the fastest hardware around.
Why folks like to mislead is a mystery, but it is a frequent occurrence on
ICC...



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