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Subject: Re: Crafty rating on ICC

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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