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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:52:56 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 17:23:49, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>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


Why would I want to take something I have enjoyed doing for 36 years now, and
turn it into a job that I would quickly learn to hate?

:)



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