Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 23:32:20 05/28/04
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On May 28, 2004 at 16:45:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 28, 2004 at 15:34:13, Sandro Necchi wrote: > >>On May 28, 2004 at 13:25:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 28, 2004 at 13:02:56, Slater Wold wrote: >>> >>>>On May 28, 2004 at 12:44:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 12:29:01, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 10:22:23, Slater Wold wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On May 28, 2004 at 08:45:35, Mark Winands wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Author Program Country >>>>>>>>A. Ban and S. Bushinsky Junior Israel >>>>>>>>U. Blass Movei Israel >>>>>>>>R. Coulom The Crazy Bishop France >>>>>>>>O. David Tabibi Falcon Israel >>>>>>>>V. Diepeveen Diep Netherlands >>>>>>>>G.B.Garcia FIBChess Spain >>>>>>>>R. Huber ParSOS Germany >>>>>>>>R. Hyatt Crafty USA >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I need to start paying better attention I guess. What the hell is this?! >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Oh my..I just got goose bumps. >>>>>> >>>>>>I guess we know the answer to Vincent's challenge to either "put up or shut >>>>>>up"... >>>>>> >>>>>>If Robert got anything like a 4 way or 8 way manhine, I think we might hear >>>>>>something like "Crafty has won the WCCC 2004!". >>>>>> >>>>>>Peter >>>>> >>>>>Crafty will run on at least 4 X 2.4ghz opterons. Perhaps more. I'll post >>>>>details as they are worked out, but the 4-way is set now, as a worst-case... >>>> >>>>Who is operating Crafty? >>>> >>>>Should pull around 8M nps out of book. >>> >>>As a lower bound. If you check the CCT6 logs, it reached 11-12M many times, and >>>in some endings it broke 16M... >>> >>>> >>>>The funny thing is, no one ever takes Crafty seriously, but I bet I know at >>>>least 2 book-makers who are probably making anti-Crafty books right now. LOL >>>> >>>>This is gonna be neat... >>> >>> >>>It'll be competitive. Winning is another matter. Particularly since I have >>>"zero percent chance of winning"... >>> >>>:) >> >>I am sorry to state this, but theorically you have chances and pratically you do >>not. >>Unless your hardware would be at least 10 times faster than Shredder, Junior and >>Fritz. In this case you would have some chances even if not many. > >I'll play your game. What hardware are you using? We do not know yet. > > >> >>I know many will not like this, including yourself, but this is what I believe >>and I am not afraid of saying what I think, like it or not. >> >>I am not willing to explain why, so people can criticize as much as they want, >>but I will not change my mind. >> >>To win CCT or another tournament is something else as these are not considered >>of the same importance by the commercial programs. >> >>Sandro > > >Correct. It is always "some other tournament" that is more important. What I meant is the the real preparation is made for the WCCC. I mean all the improvements plans are made to be ready for that tournament, so in other tournaments the commercial programs would not be fully ready (fully updated) as for the WCCC. > >I try to win whatever ever I play in. I know. We do too, but...see above... > >If you think I have no chances, so be it. I have nothing against you. I told you and respect you and your work. I think you are a very good programmer. but I think the gap is still quite high... > >I suspect my "reality" is significantly different from yours however. I guess so, too. Mine were "objective considerations" from my knowledge. > >We'll see in a month or two... Well, OK. I hope for you to be wrong. Sandro
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