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Subject: Re: guessing the CCT-6 result

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:46:22 01/27/04

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On January 27, 2004 at 22:39:39, Mike S. wrote:

>On January 26, 2004 at 21:59:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>(...)
>
>>This is not a predictable thing, although today, Crafty is obviously much more
>>robust than CB as Crafty plays all day every day, so at least we won't expect it
>>to crash or play an illegal move...
>
>I've just checked the participants list, and can only say I wish you good luck
>:-)) as you will need it, with Hiarcs, Junior, Ruffian and Rebel as competitors,
>in addition to some strong amateurs in the field. On the other hand it seems
>you'll have superior hardware...
>
>I think you can celebrate when achieving rank #5 or better. A Top-3 "podest"
>rank would be a triumph.
>
>I try to guess the top-5 ranks:
>
>1. Junior
>2. Hiarcs
>3. Ruffian
>4. Crafty
>5. Rebel
>
>(But since it's a swiss, I think each of these can be #1 as well.)

Because Crafty is SMP, and on a 10,000,000 pound thrust motor, I think it rises
above Ruffian at least.  It's my pick to win the whole thing.

I take it that Shredder isn't playing?



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