Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:18:13 05/29/04
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On May 29, 2004 at 02:32:20, Sandro Necchi wrote: >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. That's pretty incredible. You have no idea what you will be running on, what I will be running on, and irregardless of whatever hardware advantage I may end up with, I have no chance? :) Sounds like good, sound, logical reasoning to me... > >> >> >>> >>>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... Hardware can narrow _any_ gap of course... > >> >>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 Same here. :)
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