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Subject: Re: Voyager

Author: vincent dichiacchio

Date: 18:32:17 01/14/99

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On January 14, 1999 at 18:57:47, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:

>On January 14, 1999 at 15:46:03, E quiamas wrote:
>

>
>...About its bullet (lightning)strength:  as I am rather slow at downloading the
>latest Crafty versions, I did that only yesterday and got my Crafty 16.3.  Right
>away I wished to test it against Voyager 3.05 in bullet and let the two fight
>each other in a little match of 12 games. I feel uneasy to admit, but Voyager
>beat Crafty 16.3 12-0!!...

In defense of Crafty, I believe Bob Hyatt has pointed out that Crafty is highly
negatively impacted by short time controls due to the effects of its null move
code.

I guess null move could be switched off.  It would be interesting to see what
the outcome would be then.

Vince



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