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Subject: Re: Crafty rating on ICC

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:19:32 10/25/99

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On October 25, 1999 at 21:26:11, Jerry wrote:

>On October 25, 1999 at 20:39:05, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>
>>Crafty's Blitz rating on ICC hit an incredible 3262 today. It's a new high for
>>Crafty, which is miles ahead of the competition on the ICC best list. Congrats
>>to Hyatt!
>
>One reason Crafty is rated so high is his incredible noplay list, refusing to
>play other high rated computer programs when he loses a few times...


I explained why the above was nonsense...  and forgot to explain the _real_
reason it bumped past 3250...  three GMs have taken to playing it 30-40 games
at a time, at 3 0.  And they don't generally do very well.  A sure way to drop
rating points and run crafty's rating thru the roof.  This has _always_
happened, to _any_ program that is automatic.  A 1-200 rating point jump is
not uncommon at all.



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