Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:10:58 09/25/02
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On September 25, 2002 at 15:48:24, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 25, 2002 at 15:13:12, Hartmut Woldeit wrote: >>Hallo Dann, >> >>even the author of Ruffian 1.0.0 m a y b e created Crafty/Fritz-clone of or a >>clone of another wellknown engine/program. What would it mean for the original >>author if the clone plays better than the original? >> >>Best greetings, >> >>Hartmut > >1)Ruffian is not better than Fritz It might be 100 ELO below Fritz. It might be the same ELO as Fritz. It might be 100 ELO above Fritz. There are not enough games for anyone to know. >2)It is more easy to improve Crafty than to start from scartch and get to the >level of crafty. I agree with this. However, it would be very difficult to maintain superiority over a 5 year span. To do that, it would be just as difficult as writing the program from scratch.
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