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Subject: Re: New Version: FORTRESS V1.5, the new Morphy?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:40:15 01/15/99

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On January 15, 1999 at 16:10:53, James Robertson wrote:

>On January 15, 1999 at 13:43:40, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>GNUChess is a *pansy*.
>>Try it against a real program.
>>A 3 or better score in a ten game match against commercial programs or crafty
>>would be impressive.
>
>I resent that. My program has a score of 0.0 in about 20 games with Gnuchess.
The terms "pansy" and "real program" are somewhat metaphorical.
I consider any program I can beat with my insignificant brain to be a pansy.
I have yet to beat CM6000 or Rebel 10 at 40/2.
I have not beaten Crafty in well over a year (I'll blame it on the hardware
upgrade to PII 300).  Most of the time I lose against CM/Re/Cr, rarely even
achieving a draw.  So those are "non-pansy" opponents.  In my vernacular.

If you are actually upset, allow me to say that your program is much stronger
than any I have ever written (which is none).  Also, that I was simply implying
that calling a program "the new Morphy" requires something more than defeating
GNUChess.  It is sort of like, "I have defeated Dann Corbit in a chess game!  Am
I the next Kasparov/Fischer/Tal/<Insert favorite world champion SGM here>!"
I think that would be rather inconclusive towards the claim.





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