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Subject: Re: Old Programs that Still Kick Butt

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 17:37:59 06/10/03

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On June 10, 2003 at 17:05:34, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 10, 2003 at 14:48:01, Jerry Winters wrote:
>
>>
>>  After running CHessmaster 5000 on ICC Using a Athlon 2400+, i was quite
>>surprised at how well it did. It kicked crafty and a couple of the tigers butt
>>pretty handily, i ended up winning most of my blitz games, Chessmaster plays
>>more like a modern program then an old one, it sacrifices material for
>>initiative and often plays in a brilliant style, makes one wonder how much
>>progress has really been made since 1997!
>
>I am not surprised if it beated crafty.
>I believe that crafty is one of the programs that did not do significant
>improvement from 1997.
>

Uri , for you to say that -- it goes to show how little you know about Crafty in
2003 and in 1997.  I have old versions of Crafty from 1997 (12.7)-- and Crafty
19.03 is much stronger.  It's not even close.  Your *belief* is incorrect.

Best,

Michael



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