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Subject: Re: Wcrafty 16.3 vs. Little Goliath 1.4

Author: James Robertson

Date: 09:54:55 01/12/99

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On January 12, 1999 at 01:26:59, Havergal Brian wrote:

>Platform: Winboard, PPro 233 (o.c.) 64MB
>
>Has anyone noticed the apparent difference among these two programs at slow and
>fast time controls?  Little Goliath wins a great deal more at blitz (5 min, etc)
>but Wcrafty eats it alive at longer time controls (40/2).  The difference here
>is striking.  I "assume" the Little Goliath might be more tactically oriented
>vs. Crafty's superior knowledge which would really show itself in longer games.
>Any opininons?

Actually, my results seem to indicate Crafty eating LGoliath alive at short time
controls. I am too lazy to conduct long time control matches. And yes, if
LGoliath wins, it usually does so because of a tactical coup; however, I have
had it play several very nice positional wins against Crafty.

James



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