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Subject: Re: Crafty rating on ICC

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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