Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 05:59:04 02/04/99
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On February 04, 1999 at 07:17:37, Jouni Uski wrote: >I have downloaded latest versions of Goliath, Comet, Gromit and Phalanx. And I >still haven't found program, who can beat Crafty under winboard autoplay. Some >are quite close, but still Crafty is unbeaten! > >regards Jouni But they are very nice programs, aren't they. And strong, I suppose you'd agree with me? Crafty is very, very strong and crafty (cunning). And at blitz it is awesome. However, Comet, Gromit and Phalanx are surely just as strong if not stronger on equal hardware and longer time controls ,(just look up the standings of the Winboard tourney at 40/40 on my site, and go over the games). Crafty seems to have been optimised for fast time controls on the servers. It is a great program, lots of features, state-of-the-art search techniques, etc. But, do not underestimate any of the three freeware programs I mentioned. Comet is Crafty's Angstgegner (fearful opponent) at longer time controls... I've had lots of evidence for this. Comet has such an enterpising style too, much more so than Crafty. Then you have Gromit and Phalanx that seem to be just as dangerous for Crafty at longer tc's... Regards, Djordje
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