Author: Mark Young
Date: 18:10:29 01/09/00
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On January 09, 2000 at 18:33:26, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On January 09, 2000 at 17:43:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Let's not go off the deep end here. I personally don't give a care about >>his comments. Feel free to tell him to drop by ICC at any point in time he >>chooses and demonstrate how badly Crafty plays in a few blitz games. He >>reminds me of the "catfish" in the deep south waterways. Eat anything. Dumb >>as a rock. We say "he is like a catfish, all mouth and no brains" when some- >>one makes silly and easily refutable remarks... >> >>Kasparov is in ChessBase's pocket. However, from this point forward, since >>we are going to continue to see this, I believe that I will simply choose to >>say that "no more crafty versions will be available for ChessBase products". >> >>If it is so bad, they really don't need it anyway. If I see any future versions >>on their web site, I will let my attorney do the talking. > >The article is poisonous and I understand your anger, but I think you are not >aiming well. First of all, I can't imagine Kasparov being in anybody's pocket. >Second, the heated argument about Deep Blue can easily explain the animosity >towards Crafty without resorting to third parties. > >What I can tell you is that I keep receiving regular updates of Crafty for CB, >together with positive comments about it. I don't believe in the long and >sinister arm of CB, and even less in this case. > >Enrique I don't see why Bob is so upset. The comments made are pretty much accurate. "Crafty is extremely strong in tactics." ....True "it makes positional errors and misplays some endgames" ....True "It doesn’t understand piece mobility." ....True, but could use more explaination. "Crafty is a weak program compared with the best commercial chess programs."....True I have seen no crafty results even by you that dispute those observations. Bob may not like it but at this time his program is still weaker then the top programs. It must be noted that bob has closed the gap in the last year, but crafty is still not on par with the top commercail programs.
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