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Subject: Zappa, Fruit + crafty PPC, Rebel 12 EOC, Team chess v programs

Author: adam wilks

Date: 06:05:27 09/04/05


It’s a little late in saying but congratulations to Anthony Cozzie on Zappas
11.5 performance in Reykjavik. I don’t think even shredder has achieved this
little milestone in the past 10 years. The performances of Fruit and Zappa have
been exceptional on desktop pc for the duration they’ve been known against top
opposition.

Furthermore, how do i install crafty on pocket pc? I extracted them from cab
file but found no setup file. Is there one? if not, pls put link on here for
crafty installation instructions.

Moving on, why doesn’t Rebel 12 get the credibility it deserves for Ed Schroders
contribution to computer chess? Kasparov and Kramniks draw death bouts with Deep
Fritz and Junior overshadow Arthur Yusupov, Loek van Wely, John van der Wiel and
Anands bouts with Rebel. Is it the case that a lower rated player doesn’t
receive as much publicity in the computer/chess world or a bigger company like
chessbase does over Lokasoft? Also, what is the quality of the Rebel 55 million
positions EOC tree like? Is it comparable to Openings Encyclopaedia 2005 or
Powerbooks 2005?  If anyone has this, pls give feedback.

Lastly, I briefly read some posts on teams playing programs. I find this idea
very interesting and hope programmers/GM`s would take a liking to it. I see less
drawbacks in this idea than an a lone individual playing a program. Also,why
hasn’t Shredder played any top grandmasters like Topalov or Kramnik like
Kasparov played X3D-Fritz in 2003? In 2003, Fritz made a number of errors
regarding its king safety function v Kasparov before the bug was fixed the
results could have been different. Also Deep Fritz in Bahrain played bf8??
Moving its bishop back to its original square. Shredder should be given a chance
like the rest. The participants should receive purses still. If anyone knows the
author of Shredder pls contact him regarding this. Perhaps Shredder should play
Mickey Adams in an 8 game match as I thought Hydra is a step too far for any GM
past /present.



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