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Subject: Re: Infos about crafty and (M)WCCC

Author: James Robertson

Date: 07:45:20 01/13/99

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On January 13, 1999 at 10:18:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 13, 1999 at 06:47:50, Gianluigi Masciulli wrote:
>
>>where i can find the partecipation list and the final results of the variuos
>>world computer chess championship (micro and not).
>>Im interested to know the crafty performance in wccc till the last.
>>Has anybody out there information about it?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>gianluigi masciulli
>
>
>Crafty has never played in a WCCC event. It's direct predecessor (Cray Blitz)
>did, winning in 1983 and 1986, but losing to deep thought in 1989.  We didn't
>play in the next 2 because (1992/1995) as they were held outside the US and
>travel money wasn't available.
>
>It has participated in two WMCCC events.  in 1996 it finished in 4th place I
>believe.  In 1997 it played badly and finished down somewhere around the middle
>or lower-middle of the field.  I had done some ill-advised things that really
>made it play poorly in some positions...
>
>No other data, other than it has played in some human events, including an
>event with only computers and grandmasters...

Do you know if there is WMCCC this year? I didn't see it listed on the ICCA
page.

James



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