Re: Help Bot Advice adopted.

helpbot said above:

"You may not realize it, but many of the more
recent complaints were not about your program
being /weak/; they were and always have been
about your gross exaggerations, including all
the claims to have removed alleged "bugs" or
to have made the program stronger than Rybka
and so forth."

I admit I have been one of the enthusiastic GitClub bashers, but the
statement above is completely true.  The annoyance with GitClub is in
its failure to follow the rules of chess, in claiming draws as wins,
and all the rest.  As far as playing strength, it seems easily a match
for the typical USCF class C player, and maybe it's even better than
that at the higher levels.  Sanny would gain instant respect and much
more positive attention and feedback if he would drop the foolish
bragging, take GitClub for what it is, and continually work on
improvements while maintaining a decently modest posture.  For a Java-
based program, we've got to admit that it really is not so bad at all,
and the path to it getting a lot better is clear and evident (just
fixing the problems with the King hiding out in the endgame, for
instance, would be an enormous strength improvement).

GitClub will never beat Rybka like carrots.  But it can certainly make
a decent showing.  Please, Sanny, skip the hype and spam and silliness
and just work on the product.  It will pay dividends.