Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:30:37 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 06:41:22, Tony Petters wrote:
>On November 17, 2004 at 22:15:42, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 2004 at 21:12:24, Tony Petters wrote:
>>
>>>On November 17, 2004 at 10:21:11, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>In the page of his, Bruce say clearly he is waiting the adequate commercial deal
>>>>OR becoming so poor he should need to get money with ferret. So there are not
>>>>freeware plans for Ferret.
>>>>Fernando
>>>
>>>Ferret is not strong enough to become commercial it is a freebie winboard engine
>>>at best.
>>>
>>>Cordially
>>
>>I presume your comment has some substance to justify it as opposed to being the
>>troll it appears to be.
>>
>As I recall it did poorly in a tournament a few years back and was never seen in
>tourney play again. Unless, it can be proven to play at the same level as the
>top programs, it will always remain in the public view where it is now.
>
>Cordially
The public view knows nothing about it, so your comment is silly. The only
people who know of Ferret are the computer chess community (who hold it in high
respect) and ICC, who also hold it in high respect for being the highest rated
blitzer, including against other commercial engines run there. It did play a
small 2-game match against a GM (the name eludes me at the moment) and won 2-0
handily. It has also been the World Blitz Champion, and I seem to recall it was
2nd in one of the WCCC. Showing a single 9 round tournament as evidence of its
supposed weakness is the equivalent of pointing to a bad tournament result of
Kasparov and designating him as a has-been. So it's either deliberate and a
troll, or it's unintentional, and very.... I'm trying to find a delicate way of
putting it... intellectually challenged.
Albert
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