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Subject: Re: Crafty Clone was disqualified, what a shame

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 13:40:08 11/27/03

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On November 27, 2003 at 16:36:29, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 27, 2003 at 15:57:05, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:
>
>>On November 27, 2003 at 15:17:51, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1330
>>
>>Sorry, I think that's nonsense.
>>How can a clone be considerably faster in nps than its "original" ?
>
>No problem
>
>Instead of printing number of nodes you multiply it by a constant.
>
>>Eval and depth are much different too.
>
>No proof.
>
>If you add pruning and change the evaluation when 90% of the code is the same
>then it is possible to do it.
>
>>
>>Anybody who watches a match between these 2, must immediately realize that the
>>differences are big.
>>
>>Furthermore, we know the preliminary version of List.
>>
>>Last not least, List is stronger than Crafty.
>>
>>I suspect, it's a shame what had been done to Fritz Reul, the author of List.
>>
>>Uli
>
>I do not claim that List is a crafty clone but being stronger than Crafty is
>also no proof.

In principle, I agree with you.
Any of these statements alone would not suffice.
But considering all of these, then what are the similarities ?
I see none.

What was the complaint against List then based upon ?
I see no other base than envy.

Uli
>
>The main reason that I did not suspect that it is a clone is Dann's message.
>
>Uri



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