Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:52:31 10/27/99
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On October 27, 1999 at 09:53:41, blass uri wrote: >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 You are _grossly_ mistaken. two days ago I watched Piket play 3 games vs crafty at 3 0. He drew 2 and won 1. As I said, computers don't "own" blitz quite yet. There are plenty of humans that can stomp a computer in 3 0 for a few games. Hawkeye is another.
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