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
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw.
Judith Polgar FT, 2014
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.
Hans Ree
The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer.
Andrey Filatov
Karpov is the official World Champion, but I’m not sure what that really means.
Jan Timman 1993
What’s been bothering me is not that I haven’t won tournaments, but that I haven’t played very well.
Magnus Carlsen 2017
