Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:06:01 09/14/99
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On September 14, 1999 at 03:05:35, James B. Shearer wrote: >On September 13, 1999 at 22:11:25, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>If you aren't an IM, your chances of winning a blitz game are essentially zero. >>At least a real crafty, on real hardware, with reasonable book, and not >>intentionally weakened... It is _very_ difficult for IM players to beat it, >>whether the game is standard where they have their best chances, or blitz where >>it just doesn't lose many games vs GM players, and hardly any any vs IM >>players... > > This is not exactly correct. In 2000+ blitz and bullet games on ICC >against crafty clones (Data, Singacrafty, MrsLovett, CraftyCrafty, KillerGrob, >Perplexity, Fitter, Brunhilde, Crafty, heatstroke, mundilfari, Mofongo and >razzle) I have scored about 7% with about 4% wins by playing anti-computer chess >(generally playing to win). My over-the-board strength is probably around 1900 >(USCF) a bit below IM. > Of course this depends on the definition of essentially zero. > James B. Shearer >PS: For me Ferret is considerably tougher (1 win, 4 draws in 100+ games). I do not count those programs. Several only play oddball openings. IE Data, for the longest, would play _nothing_ but the Evans as white. And would repeat until it lost, where BT would then fix the line (he was simply working on studying the evans gambit using Data..) Ditto for killergrob, and so forth. The only programs I can 'control' are Scrappy and Crafty (Scrappy on FICS on my quad P6/200, Crafty on ICC or FICS on my quad xeon/400). I don't try to play unorthadox openings... I only try for enough 'variety' to avoid playing the same line too many times... Anyone that would like to play a match vs Crafty is more than welcome. We can set it up here, and have at it on either ICC (if you are a member) or on FICS. I do _not_ like to play such matches with 'guests' as if either side gets disconnected, the game can't be resumed. I will certainly allow Crafty to play them unrated however... Offer open to anyone that wants to try their luck. It only helps me make it better...
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