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Subject: Re: Written to Anthony Cozzie,chess computer comunity, and Zappa

Author: Zappa

Date: 20:44:08 07/10/05

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>ideas. .......... Now, Anthony when you answer to Fernando you tell
>there,....... "Pablo asked for a match, I declined, and then ..............“he
>spends 5 hours bitching at the ICC live broadcast” about how I'm ducking him.
>That is why I'm so annoyed."
>
>Anthony........... This is absolute false.!!!!
>
> I am not in ICC; I want to be sincere. I don’t like ICC.
>
>ICC in my last account banned to me, because I was playing antichess, my own
>style, and beating engines!! type Pablo-Restrepo, Mar 16-2005/2011.

In that case, it was my error, and I apologize.  Let me try to explain why I am
not going to play you in a match.

First, I really just don't care about your anti-computer style.  This may seem
harsh, but I am writing Zappa to beat top GMs and top computers.  If there are
some positions it doesn't understand where a 2200 player can get 1.0 / 10.0
instead of 0.0 / 10.0 against it, I can live with that.  I just don't find it
interesting to bugfix those positions.  I know how to fix them:  Crafty (which
is really one of the better anti-human programs) has blocked pawn code &&
eightpawns code.  It works.  I just don't care.

Secondly, by your own admission you play every game to draw.  I very much doubt
you could score more than 15-20% against Zappa.  What kind of a match is that?
Zappa wins 8 - 2, and suddenly your fanboys cry: "oh, what an awesome game by
the anti-computer expert, he got 4 draws out of 10 games".  I mean, it just
isn't an interesting match.  And when I win by 8 - 2, what I have I proved?
That is why I say I have nothing to gain, and only a lot of time and CPU cycles
to waste.

Anyway I am not going to log on to ANY internet chess servers for a while.  I am
getting real tired of the assholes that inhabit them.  I know 99% of the people
are decent, but the 1% do all the talking.  I hope I have explained why I'm not
interested in playing a match with you, and I apologize about insulting you
under false pretenses.  You will just have to download Zappa 1.0 and beat up on
it to your hearts content.

Sincerely,

Anthony Cozzie



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