Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:22:50 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 12:44:05, Tony Petters wrote:
>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.
Right. Since you no doubt read my comment on presenting a single tournament as
evidence of strength, and repeat this... I'm going to give you the benefit of
the doubt and presume it is the second reason I presented.
Albert
>
>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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