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Subject: Re: Opinions? A Crafty experiment...

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 13:35:32 05/26/04

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On May 26, 2004 at 12:25:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>There were several reasons given _during_ the games.  :)
>
>"Diep is not at warstrength, crafty is always at warstrength".  An apparent
>suggestion that he is playing something that is not his best, while _I_ never
>text experimental code on ICC (a suggestion that is certainly false for me).
>
>"I had an antivirus scan running"
>
>"I am using a random book"
>
>"I needed one more ply in that position"
>
>"I forced that move myself"
>
>Etc...
>
>We weren't lacking for excuses.

Well atleast something was put forward as an excuse, or we would never know for
sure if Vincent was operating :)

And as for the excuse:

"I had an antivirus scan running"

Good god.. it is a rule of thumb to turn off virus scanners while engines play
under Windows. Anyone who does needs to have their head examined :)

Peter



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