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Subject: Re: Crafty is EVIL !

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:33:32 09/22/99

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On September 22, 1999 at 12:49:28, paul bedrey wrote:

>I give up, its too aggressive for me. Out of all my programs Crafty is by far
>the hardest to beat. It never gives me a chance to set up. Right from the first
>few moves it comes after me and is relentless. I expect this type of humilation
>from commercial programs but not from freeware!
>I'm surprised it doesn't do better against the top commercial programs in head
>to head matches. I guess it just goes to show that human vs comp is much
>different from comp vs comp, maybe mutually exclusive. OR maybe I just stink!

You might be surprised how well it does, especially at longer time controls.

Look at (for instance) the KKUP results or the "Chess in 2010" contests by Ed
Schroder.



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