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Subject: Re: So what was/is Bob's verdict about Ruffian?

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 14:32:56 10/03/02

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On October 03, 2002 at 17:03:51, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On October 03, 2002 at 16:43:40, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>
>>On October 03, 2002 at 14:27:42, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 03, 2002 at 01:06:05, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>Now when we know the facts: new program from scratch and 100 points stronger
>>>>than Crafty (in comp-comp play at least). Quite an achievement or what?
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>
>>>Bob never had any strong opinion at all.  I looked at the executable very
>>>quickly and
>>>was pretty convinced it was not crafty even before doing so, because of some of
>>>the
>>>search results posted here.
>>>
>>>That is my only conclusion to date.  It _might_ be 100 points stronger.  It
>>>might not be.
>>>Hard to say since the book is a critical part of the system and the Crafty book
>>>as
>>>distributed is really too wide for comp vs comp play due to the requirements of
>>>a wide
>>>book for the chess servers.  It could still be a clone of another program.  Or a
>>>program
>>>written with a lot of help by some well-known (but unrevealed) author.
>>>
>>>Who knows?
>>>
>>>And, from my perspective, who cares?
>>
>>Stubborn but no stupid... :-)
>
>Peter, since you usually don't write such defenses and opinions, let me give my
>2 cents here. You have something to do with Ruffian. Am I smart? :)
>
>Rolf Tueschen

So smart, but you missed that I'm also exactly that much involved in Crafty.
Just keep it for yourself and I wont reveal your secrets either...:)
Peter



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