Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:26:24 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... Mine doesn't do 3 0 or 4 0 because. I think it's a little easier to fall into a repeatable trap and get burned for hundreds of points, also I think it's too fast to get good games. 5 0 is classic blitz so I allow that and like it. bruce
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