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Subject: Re: Question about Chrilly's chess code background

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 01:46:39 06/28/05

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On June 27, 2005 at 23:46:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 27, 2005 at 22:22:31, Robin Smith wrote:
>
>>On June 27, 2005 at 02:54:38, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On June 26, 2005 at 21:29:30, K. Burcham wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I assume Chrilly wrote the Code for the Nimzo program.
>>>>If this is true then what were his results from year to year when working with
>>>>chess code against his competitors, Ed, Robert, etc...
>>>>Was Chrilly winning some of the time, most of the time?
>>>>How many times was Nimzo world champion?
>>>>Is Chrilly an IM, GM..?
>>>
>>>Chrilly is a weak chess player.
>>
>>True; but then most strong chess programmers are weak chess players.
>>
>>>He has also no respect for human GMs at all.
>>
>>Then why is a human GM on the Hydra team? What support can you give for this
>>claim?
>>
>>>>How come all of a sudden this Chrilly has a program that some say beats
>>>>shredder, all of the worlds top programmers, and now can beat the number 7 super
>>>>GM in the world.
>>>
>>>It´s very easy. Start a match between Fruit 2.1 on a 2 GHz against Shredder 9 on
>>>200 Mhz. Shredder wouldn´t have a chance.
>>>
>>>This Hardware will always produce very strong chess in open positions.
>>
>>Yes. It seems to do pretty well in semi-open positions as well. Maybe time will
>>tell about closed positions (if Hydra ever allows them).
>>
>>>Crafty on that Hardware would smash Adams as well.
>>
>>Adams would have won all 6 games by forfeit, Crafty won't run on that hardware.
>>:-)
>>
>>>Chrilly is IMO a worse chess programmer than SMK or Amir Ban or Frans Morsch.
>>
>>SMK, Amir Ban, and Frans Morsch (and others) are excellent programmers. However
>>Chrilly has produced the strongest chess playing entity ever created, so your
>>strong statement needs strong proof.
>
>I think that the claim that chrilly has produced the strongest chess playing
>identity was not proved.
>
>Uri


Hi Uri,

I agree with you that this has not been proven. I believe the evidence is
leaning strongly in that direction, though.

-Robin



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