Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:31:28 03/20/03
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On March 20, 2003 at 18:57:55, Russell Reagan wrote: >On March 20, 2003 at 17:07:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >It's always interesting to read your short snippets about the history of >computer chess. So when are you going to do us all a favor and write a book? :) > >>It was named "scratchy". It had the best win/lose record of anything that ever >>played on >>ICC. Something like 130 wins, 1 loss or some such. > >Even with all of the rating addicts who no-play other computers, no computer has >surpassed this mark? > No. The impressive thing was that this was against strong human players, and the win vs lose ratio was simply incredible. > >>The account was deleted and re-cycled a few years ago so the exact numbers were >>lost. > >Maybe you're not the person to ask, but how does recycling of names work? Does a >name become "up for grabs" once someone quits paying their monthly fee? I suppose. Scratchy remained for several years, but I suspect it became obvious they would never play again so it was deleted and someone else grabbed it. > > >>It was a 2800+ player when 2500 was a good rating for a computer or GM playing >>there. >>Rating inflation now makes that look pretty low of course.
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