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Subject: Re: probable Kasparov ting.

Author: Mark Young

Date: 21:15:09 01/09/00

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On January 10, 2000 at 00:01:34, Havergal Brian wrote:

>On January 09, 2000 at 23:40:42, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On January 09, 2000 at 23:00:44, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On January 09, 2000 at 22:13:03, Marc Plum wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 09, 2000 at 17:43:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>(snips)
>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>Obviously, you are entitled to do whatever you want with your program.  I
>>>>appreciate your making this excellent program available for free.  It's nicer,
>>>>IMHO, to use it in the ChessBase playing interfaces than within Winboard, but
>>>>thanks for making it available as long as you have.
>>>>
>>>>That being said, I'm not sure why you seem to be blaming ChessBase for what this
>>>>Dutch amateur said on Kasparov's web page.  Is there more information you could
>>>>share that makes this clearer?
>>>>
>>>>Marc Plum
>>>
>>>
>>>No...  And I am much less concerned now.  I had been sent a copy of excerpts
>>>that seemed to imply that it was a chessbase or kasparov-like article.  Now I
>>>see the actual author, and don't really care what his opinion is.  If you read
>>>the article slowly and carefully, it looks idiotic anyway.  I'd have to have
>>>my name on the 'byline'...
>>
>>Glad to hear it, I was really confused how you were coming to some of your
>>conclusions in your first post. I did not find the article anti-crafty, but you
>>are correct it is a poorly written article with little value pro or con about
>>any chess program.
>>
>>I would have thought you would have read the original article before jumping to
>>conclusions...but mistakes happen.
>
>
>
>I am amazed that you did not find the article to be "anti-crafty".  How about
>reading the article again and concentrate on the top few paragraphs.

I read the article, it has a paragraph giving the author's observation of crafty
16.6. His observations are accurate in regards to Crafty 16.6 on a single
processor. To make out the article as anti-crafty or venomous or the use of
other such words is nonsense.



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