Crafty is free, open-source computer chess program written by UAB professor Dr. Robert Hyatt derived from Cray Blitz, winner of the 1983 and 1986 World Computer Chess Championships. Its best achievement was 4th at the World Computer Chess Championships 2004. On the November 2007 SSDF ratings list, Crafty was 34th with an estimated ELO rating of 2700. The software can be downloaded from http://www.craftychess.com/. The last version is 25.2.
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Quotes of the Day
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus is playing fantastic and I play like I always play, pretty badly
Anish Giri 2017
” Oh, those exclamation points! How they erode the innocent soul of the amateur, removing all hope of allowing him to examine another player’s ideas critically!”
Tigran Petrosian
