Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 08:17:00 07/30/04
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On July 30, 2004 at 06:01:51, José Carlos wrote: >On July 30, 2004 at 03:00:28, Frank Quisinsky wrote: > >>On July 30, 2004 at 02:17:04, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>In the last few days I was busy studying the commands >>>of Crafty and I must say it's enormous what can be done >>>in (my beloved) console mode with this engine. Many thanks >>>to Prof. Dr. Robert Hyatt for his great work. Is there >>>any other comparable chess program with such a lot of >>>fantastic features? BTW: I like it if things are very >>>simple and in most cases there is no need to start a >>>(complicated) chess GUI, the console mode will do. Of >>>course: I may be an exception in my way of thinking -:) >>>Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com] >> >>In my opinion is Patzer by Roland Pfister a program with great settings in >>textmode / console mode too. But you have right, Crafty is just great. >> >>The problems is that Crafty have an unspectacular playing style and played a >>little bit boring ... compare to other programs. OK, the program is strong and >>perfectly executed (positional, endgame, strategy) but the most of the games are >>boring. I am a fan of tactic computer chess and I must search a long time if >>will see a fast winning game with a mate combination by Crafty. >> >>Like AnMon. >>AnMon loosed very fast but can win very fast too. After more as 2.100 games in >>my database are only 17.4% remis!! Only the older Gromit have a better remis >>statistic in my database. Phalanx the king attacker with 18.4%. I like Phalanx >>and AnMon ... fire on the board! Crafty after 2.900 games with 34,3% remis >>games. Only Nimzo have a little bit more remis games in my private database with >>36.2%. >> >>For me is Crafty the Chess Genius in amateur computer chess area. >>Chess Genius playing style is boring too. >> >>The best attacker is Gandalf 4.32f, newer versions are not so strong in >>middelgame attacks. >> >>Best >>Frank > > Hi Frank. The most entertaining games I've ever seen in my computer are played >by Tao vs Ruffian (free version). Lots of crazy games. Ruffian is a better >tactician but Tao sees much more than its depth suggests (complex qsearch?). > > José C. Hi, yes, I agree with you. Tao vs. Ruffian are a good combination! I like Ktulu - Phalanx! Or Saitek Sparc vs. Gandalf 4.32f :-) Best Frank
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