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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