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Subject: Re: How is crafty getting so strong ??

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 12:11:27 02/03/04

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On February 03, 2004 at 12:11:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 03, 2004 at 10:00:06, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>I have played around w/ crafty since 17 and it has never competed this well
>>against the best programs. So what has changed 19.9 imho is just as good as any
>>so-called professional program on fast hardware. Crafty seems to be growing a
>>lot faster lately. Is this just the beginning of a commerical venture? like
>>ruffian. Will it always be shareware? Whats going on doc.
>
>
>It will _never_ be "commercial".  I make no guarantees how long it will be
>available, of course, but my plans do not include stopping development until I
>am physically/mentally unable to continue, hopefully that won't happen for many
>more years.
>
>Bob


Lets hope that you can continue this for many years, Bob. Crafty is the shining
gem this year in chess. All of your work has been purely for the science of it
all.


Ed



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