Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:42:21 07/13/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 10:18:02, Harald Faber wrote: >On July 13, 1999 at 10:08:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>>Earlier tonite, Crafty was involved in a match with GM Loek van Wely on >>>>ICC. 5 3 time control, and crafty was winning about its normal percentage >>>>against him (about 80%, match was 9 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw at the point >>>>where the following game was played). In this game, Crafty was >>>>in book until move 23. As we passed move 20, I was counting pawns >>>>and pieces and concluded white was probably lost. At move 23, >>>>Crafty's first search said -4.00, and I thought aha, book learning >>>>to the rescue as this is dead lost. But without spoiling anything, >>>>this was the result. :) >>> >>>Here you see again that search depth and eval of king safety suffer. >>>Counting material is not always the key for winning... >>>The line looks forced until move #31 and instantly black blundered with >>>31...gxh3. However, this position is hard to play with black... >>> >> >>I disagree about the 'eval' issue. We had over 200 folks observing this >>'match'. Including 5 GM players. All thought white was totally lost. One >>said "now if he only doesn't make a mistake..." > >Seems to me as if they didn't take a closer look at the black king. > >>Btw, Crafty played against GMs for a long while... van Wely, followed by >>Roman, followed by Piket with a few Shirov's thrown in to the mix. It's >>current ICC rating is 3240... > >ICC ratings are exaggerating. And most of the games are played like this one >with short time controls. It is well known that programs are almost unbeatable >at g/5, even with increment. >And Crafty is known to be the most dangerous opponent, maybe Ferret is a bit >stronger. I think at blitz, Ferret is the opponent I would _least_ prefer to have across the board... It is _very_ dangerous.
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