Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:17:47 01/17/00
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On January 17, 2000 at 12:48:29, Graham Laight wrote: >This is a superb win for Crafty, which augurs well for the World Championship in >London. > >Having said that, Crafty is probably optimised for Blitz, given the way Bob >tells us he uses it on ICC! > >If these results are roughly representative of the relative strength of these >programs, then there are an awful lot of very strong programs out there! I >wonder how they compare with the commercials? Probably not far behind (but not >so fully featured, and not so well dubugged). > >I have downloaded Bringer, because it is quick and easy to download and run >under NT. I started with V 1.5, then upgraded to 1.6 (which is a "beta" version) >because 1.5 didn't recognise draw by repetition. I have to say that, while it >might just be an impression, V 1.5 seemed to be stronger to me - at 10s per >move, it wrestled down the other programs I played it against far more >convincingly than V 1.6. This could be coincidence that it obtained positions >that it liked in V 1.5, it could be that the new version is more tuned to >tournament time settings, or it could be that it really has worsened a little. > >But it's still very strong, uses very little disc space, is easy to set up, and >is more than strong enough for me! > I used to pay a lot of attention to blitz. I don't any longer. My "tuning" is based only on long games, unless I notice a repeated problem in blitz that can be handled without breaking longer time controls. >-g > >On January 17, 2000 at 08:46:16, Sergio Martinez wrote: > >>The blitz 4 tourney has ended and the winner is Crafty. Crafty played very well, >>was the best, however Crafty had dangerous oponents like Comet, SOS or Arasan >>(surprise). >>Many surprises in this tourney, like Inmichess (won Anmon, SOS and La Petite) or >>Phalanx and Arasan, good position to both. However Anmon had a poor playing and >>ended with 3 points (3/7). >> >>Last Round: >> >>1 Crafty 17.5 ½:½ Arasan 5.3 >>2 TCB 0045 0:1 SOS >>3 Phalanx 21 1:0 Bringer 1.6 >>4 Exchess 2.51 0:1 Comet B11 >>5 La Petite** 0:1 Inmichess 3.01 >>6 LG 2000 2.0 1:0 LChop 7.10 >>7 Gromit 2.20 0:1 Ant 4.16 >>8 Anmon 5.03 1:0 Fortress 1.61 >>9 Sjeng 1:0 Monik 2.0 >>10 Averno 0.24 0:1 Snail 1.02 >> >> >>** La Petite is a clone of Crafty >> >>Final Standings: >> >>1 Crafty 17.5 16:W 4:W 10:L 13:W 6:W 2:W 3:D 5½ >>2 Comet B11 5:W 7:W 3:W 6:L 8:W 1:L 11:W 5 >>3 Arasan 5.3 13:W 11:W 2:L 9:W 15:W 8:D 1:D 5 >>4 SOS 18:W 1:L 9:L 20:W 13:W 12:W 6:W 5 >>5 Phalanx 21 2:L 15:L 19:W 17:W 11:W 9:W 8:W 5 >>6 TCB 0045 15:W 12:W 8:D 2:W 1:L 10:W 4:L 4½ >>7 LG 2000 2.0 19:W 2:L 11:D 12:W 10:L 15:W 13:W 4½ >>8 Bringer 1.6 20:W 9:W 6:D 10:W 2:L 3:D 5:L 4 >>9 Inmichess 3.01 14:W 8:L 4:W 3:L 16:W 5:L 10:W 4 >>10 La Petite** 12:D 19:W 1:W 8:L 7:W 6:L 9:L 3½ >>11 Exchess 2.51 17:W 3:L 7:D 16:W 5:L 14:W 2:L 3½ >>12 Ant 4.16 10:D 6:L 18:W 7:L 19:W 4:L 15:W 3½ >>13 LChop 7.10 3:L 17:W 14:W 1:L 4:L 16:W 7:L 3 >>14 Anmon 5.03 9:L 20:W 13:L 15:L 17:W 11:L 18:W 3 >>15 Gromit 2.20 6:L 5:W 16:D 14:W 3:L 7:L 12:L 2½ >>16 Sjeng 1:L 18:W 15:D 11:L 9:L 13:L 20:W 2½ >>17 Snail 1.02 11:L 13:L 20:W 5:L 14:L 18:L 19:W 2 >>18 Fortress 1.61 4:L 16:L 12:L 19:L 20:W 17:W 14:L 2 >>19 Averno 0.24 7:L 10:L 5:L 18:W 12:L 20:L 17:L 1 >>20 Monik 2.0 8:L 14:L 17:L 4:L 18:L 19:W 16:L 1 >> >>** La Petite is a clone of Crafty >> >>I will upload all information (games, rounds,standindgs) to my web page the next >>week.
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