Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:17:23 12/10/99
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On December 10, 1999 at 07:38:22, blass uri wrote: >On December 09, 1999 at 11:40:17, Chris Carson wrote: > >>GUI-Winboard >>Engine-Crafty >>Opening Book-Dann Corbit's >>Chess DB program-Extract >>Latest GM games-TWIC (The week in Chess) >> >>And I wish it would all be free! >>And I want all the source! >> >>Oh, it is and I have it! :) >> >>I guess I am very happy with what I have! :) > >I do not think that crafty is the best in everything. >There are positions when crafty is best but there are positions when other >programs are better. > >I am not so happy with the fact that crafty is free because it makes it hard for >people to make money from chess programs. > >It was better if it was not free and people could get the source code or the >program only by paying money. > >Uri Two points: (1) I doubt if Crafty is "best" in _any_ aspect. It is getting _very_ dangerous in endgames, as GM comments mention all the time. (2) I didn't release the thing for free, just to make it hard to make a living at computer chess programming. I did it to _stimulate_ computer chess program development. It has worked. I won't begin to claim all the credit for what has happened, but we have a _bunch_ of freeware programs now. With everyone sharing ideas, discussing problems, and _making progress_. 5 years ago we had a virtual vacuum. Yes the amateur programs are getting stronger. I am sure that some of the discussions are going to influence commercial programs (if they don't do something about some particular types of endgames they are going to have _serious_ problems with a couple of amateur programs I can name). Etc...
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