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Subject: Re: Any information on InterChess?

Author: Alejandro Dubrovsky

Date: 12:33:41 09/16/02

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Thanks for the info, sounds dissapointing (but this is all rumours, right?)


On September 16, 2002 at 13:16:37, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:

>On September 16, 2002 at 00:58:48, Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have any information on InterChess? Release plans?
>>It's currently topping the FICS ratings in all three (standard, blitz and
>>lightning) rating lists (yes, ahead of the tigers, the fritzes, the gandalphs,
>>the hiarcs, etc)
>>url:  htpp://www.interchess.hpg.com.br
>
>It seems to be a Crafty (?) clone running with a _strong_ hardware.
>Just added to the Abuser's list some time ago at our local (brazilian) FICS
>Chess Server, jogo.cex.org.br, because (he) was disconnecting when the game
>reached endgame, just to reconnect and resume play using Crafty. Removed from
>the abuser list because admins at jogo.cex.org.br don't have any good evidence
>that (he) is really cheating. It seems that the increase of rating is based on a
>"strategically" choosen list of opponents, and the assesswin>=1 formula...
>
>My personal opinion: don't waste your time with this guy... go with Stefan,
>Ed/Lex Loep, Christophe, de Koning, Amir Ban, Hyatt, etc... they are seriously
>engaged in computer chess.
>
>A. Ponti



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