Author: James Robertson
Date: 12:28:10 08/23/99
Yesterday on FICS I noticed scrappy (Crafty on P200x4) was playing a human who had already defeated it twice at 5 5 blitz and was mopping up a third victory. I was kind of suspicious, so I started talking to him and asked him to play my program. Overall, it was a completely one-sided affair, but I was convinced that he was not a computer when he missed several tactical things my program saw very quickly. I asked him if he was a GM or IM, and no, he said he was unrated(!). Anyway, I have never seen a human outsmart computers so well in blitz without relying on standard anti-computer play. Nor did he shy away from tactics, and often after complex exchanges he would come out ahead. Is he very unusual, or are there a lot of players like him? He also mentioned he had many rated chess playing friends, and did not think he was near GM strength. James
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