Author: Mridul Muralidharan
Date: 09:36:32 12/27/03
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On December 27, 2003 at 09:04:05, Sune Fischer wrote: >On December 27, 2003 at 04:58:51, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: > >>4) Even with a 1:10 or 1:8 advantage crafty only barely manages to catch up or >>beat these top order programs - so not much of a chance if they show up with the >>above mentioned machines. > >I believe you are jumping to conclusions with "not much of a chance.." :) > >Crafty seems to be more than just barely holding on, it seems to be winning >these matches at 8-10x speed advantage. >That would mean Crafty still has chances even with "only" a 4x speed advantage. > >I'm not saying it would be a favorite but it's enough of a lottery to say that >there are chances, and who knows what kind of hardware Bob could get his hands >on ;) > >-S. >>Mridul True - a good opening line which is favourale to crafty - and it could win even with a 1 : 2 disadvantage :) But it should be a good line - and this is like a jackpot - we cant count on this ;) On a even position - with lots of possibilities (not one of those dead drawn boring opening lines) - it would be tougher. If 1:8 just barely helps - then 1:4 is going to be a real challenge - also note - it is going to be lower than 1:4 - not even 1:4 Mridul
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