help bot schrieb:

Sanny's program uses a Java applet and in order for
such a test to be fair, the other programs would need
to run in a similar environment; otherwise you can get
an apples-to-oranges comparison which reflects upon
the difference in allocated hardware resources.

No, for me as a user I absolutely don't care about those constraints
for the programmer.

BTW, I have played chess programs which were *much*
weaker than Sanny's, just not on any recent hardware.

Sure. But the challenge remains: a published program on current
machines playing against Sanny's program. Find a weaker one.

Many of the critics here are unaware of the real strength
of the program,

There was doubtless some progress, but it is still quite weak. I think,
when people lose against it, they just try too hard to win. Just relax
and play slowly. It will soon start making arbritrary moves without any
progress. You can slightly crash it positionally with a minimum of
effort, as it doesn't show the smallest positional intelligence.

Greetings,
Ralf