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Subject: Re: WCCC Guessing Game

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 09:20:54 08/11/05

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On August 11, 2005 at 11:36:17, A. Cozzie wrote:

>1. I'm predicting Junior to repeat.  No one tests against Junior - they all test
>against Shredder.

Diep's theorema :) . I wonder if this can really be true if both you and Vincent
believe in it, and so probably avoided falling into this pit yourselves.


>3. I'm predicting Crafty and Diep both do pretty well, simply by virtue of
>hardware.  15M nps is nothing to write off easily, and Peter Berger with his
>blood contract with the devil will again get Crafty positions where it reacts
>well.

I think many people just have an unrealistically low estimate of Crafty's
playing strength under these conditions, but it's funny how popular this second
Diep theorem has become ;), as I can't see *any* evidence for it.

OK, I'll try a prediction too.

1.  Shredder
2.  Junior
3.  Crafty
4.  Zappa
5.  Diep
6.  Sjeng
7.  Fruit
8.  Jonny
9.  IsiChess
10. My_fute

Peter



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