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
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level.
Dr. Chad Witherspoon 2014
I think I like chess. That’s the main reason that I’m able to play at a reasonably high level – that I really love chess. Always have and always will (smiles). It’s the best game in the world!
Nigel Short 2016
Tal develops all his pieces in the centre and then sacrifices them somewhere.
David Bronstein
Chess should not become an obsession. Otherwise there’s a danger that you will slide off into a parallel world, that you lose your sense of reality, get lost in the infinite cosmos of the game. You become crazy.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
