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Subject: Re: Win against Crafty

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 06:49:08 05/30/04

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On May 30, 2004 at 01:53:00, Ed Trice wrote:

>On May 29, 2004 at 22:20:02, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>A couple of caveats.  No takebacks.   I had full access to Chess informant
>>ECO/MCO.  Crafty's book was set to "0" book random with a width of 3.  Repeat
>>games are very likely in that scenario.  I allowed myself to repeat the same
>>opening.  In addition, I was priviliged to see Crafty's thinking (that's a huge
>>plus for the human).  On my 5th attempt with the same color, I was able to win.
>>Game was 30 minutes per side.
>>
>
>I was running a race against Michael Johnson right about the time you were
>playing Crafty. Quite an amazing coincidence, that you were playing one of the
>fastest searching chess engines and I was running against the fastest man alive,
>whose world record of 19.32 seconds for the 200M will stand for quite some time.
>
>Even more amazing was that I won the race.
>
>A couple of caveats. I had on sneakers. Michael work steel-toe boots. And a full
>standard miliatary backpack and rifle. And he ran backwards, I ran forwards.
>
>And I had a head start.
>
>On my 5th attempt, he was finally tired enough that I won.

Ed,

Your sarcasm is surprising for someone who advocates a chess variant that is
played on a 10 by 10 board with wierd pieces.

I guess there is truth to the words "to each his own".

Michael



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