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Subject: Re: Crafty is incredibly strong....

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 10:54:04 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 13:36:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 06, 2004 at 13:31:28, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On July 06, 2004 at 13:28:35, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>I would not be surprised to see Crafty win the WCCC.
>>
>>The chances are looking better for Crafty than Shredder or Fritz at the moment.
>>
>>Jorge
>
>
>Crafty can definitely play chess.  But picking a favorite at the moment is way
>premature.  Crafty's only advantage is that it has already drawn Shredder, which
>is the program that I consider the strongest player there.  But it still has to
>deal with Junior tomorrow, and eventually Fritz and the rest.
>
>While it is playing well in my local testing, and at the WCCC, anything can
>happen.  It could win, or it could still finish at the bottom.  I'm just sitting
>back, watching, and letting Peter do his thing and deal with all the pressure.
>:)
>
>He was a bit unhappy with today's opening that looked very drawish, but Crafty
>played a decent endgame and it turned out to be a good choice using hindsight.
>Tomorrow will likely be an interesting game, for those that watched the wild
>slugfest between Crafty and Junior at the last CCT event.  :)

Yep that game and Crafty against Hiarcs stick in my mind.

It would be so nice to watch Crafty-Junior live.  Sadly without Windows etc etc
..... sigh.

Frank



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