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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:30:47 10/03/02

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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... :-)


No... just "old and wise"...




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