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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 14:23:49 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 14:11:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 06, 2004 at 13:41:55, Pedro Beltran wrote:
>
>>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.  :)
>>
>>Hi Robert
>>
>>Which is the version of Crafty that is playing in WCCC 2004?
>>
>>Thank in advance
>>
>>Pedro
>
>
>19.15.  Almost the same as the released 19.14 version, but with an ugly
>null-move bug fixed that has been around for several months, plus a couple of
>time-control changes that only affect games played in text or console mode...
>
>might have been one more endgame fix as well if I recall.  This will be released
>later this week.....


You might think about making it commecial or the commercials like Shredder and
Fritz might not sell too good:-)

Jorge



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