Author: blass uri
Date: 06:53:41 10/27/99
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On October 26, 1999 at 23:13:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 26, 1999 at 16:34:37, blass uri wrote: > >>On October 25, 1999 at 22:19:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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. >> >>I do not understand their behaviour. >>They can play crafty not in ICC at 3 0 without losing rating. >> >>What is the reason that they do it? >> >>Uri > > >I have no idea. However they can't play "my crafty" except on ICC, and since >not many folks have a quad xeon laying around, having one as strong as 'crafty' >on ICC is not very likely. > >As to why 3 0? It is insane... but it has been done many times.... Bruce and >I have seen these 'binges' many times... I think that not refusing to play humans at 3 0 when you refuse to play with weak humans is a way to inflate your blitz rating. If you refuse to play weak human then you should by the same reason refuse to play humans at 3 0 when they have almost no chance. I think that the faster time control that you should except should be based on the rating of the opponent and if crafty's rating is more than 200 elo better than the opponent then it should not agree to something faster than 5 0 games. Uri
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