Author: Tony Petters
Date: 09:44:05 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 10:30:37, Albert Silver wrote:
>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.
No need to get snippity:
This tourney is a factual statement of Ferrets strength.
Final Standings
Place Name Score
1 Junior 8
2-3 Quest 6
Shredder 6
4 GromitChess 5.5
5-11 Chess Tiger 5
Rebel 5
Crafty 5
Goliath 5
Ferret 5
Gandalf 5
Parsos 5
12-13 Diep 4
Tao 4
14 Isichess 3.5
15-16 Ruy-Lopez 3
Pharaon 3
17 SpiderGirl 2.5
18 XiniX 0.5
My opinion is Ferret would be a strong Winboard engine, but would not be equal
to the commercials so there is no business opportunity for this engine.
Cordially
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