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Subject: Re: ICC (Mis)adventures

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:18:59 05/21/04

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On May 21, 2004 at 15:02:32, Tom Likens wrote:

>
>Djinn just had one of those "interesting" encounters on ICC that
>occasionally happen.  It lost to a 1600 player at a TC of "10 3".
>Always, interesting and maybe something more.  The next game
>with the same player was a draw and the final game initially
>was going against Djinn but it eventually turned the tide in a
>2-Rook vs. Queen, opposite side castling free-for-all and
>cashed in the full point.  After this the 1600 player decided to
>move on to greener pastures.
>
>Now I'm not accusing anyone of anything (anyone can have
>a great day), but if it's something more (nefarious), well, what really
>bothers me about these "encounters" is that I never get to find
>out which version of Crafty, Yace, Shredder, Hiarcs, Fritz,
>Chess Tiger etc. etc. Djinn actually lost to, drew and then
>finally beat. ;-)
>
>How the heck is a poor engine author going to track their
>creation's progress?!!
>
>cheers,
>--tom


this is a problem that will never go away.  It is more common at the 1600 level
than at the 2500 level, thankfully...




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