Author: Brian MacAskill
Date: 21:09:50 03/26/99
Excuse my ignorance (computer chess is a brand-new interest for me), but why *does* Fritz beat Crafty? I bought Fritz 5.32, and I run the Crafty 16.5 engine under it. Fritz usually beats Crafty (though not easily... Crafty puts up more of a fight than any other (free) engine I have). So what's the reason? Is Fritz the result of a team of programmers, while Crafty is the work of one (apparently very talented) man, Dr. Hyatt? Or is it vice-versa? Is it because Fritz has been around longer, because it's a more mature product? Or, given the Cray Blitz legacy, is it vice-versa? Is it because of the nature of the products? Is Fritz a brute force engine where Crafty is more knowledge-based? Or vice-versa? I'm shooting in the dark here... is Crafty catching up? Is Fritz pulling ahead? I could try to draw my own conclusions, but I'm running Crafty vs Fritz at tournament time controls, and, to be honest, while it's better than waiting for a pot to boil, it's darn close to watching ice melt. So I'd like someone to simply tell me. Thanks, Brian.
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