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[George Speight]

It concerns Strelka 5.1 and Strelka 5.5. They are both in some rating lists. I wonder how Strelka 5.5 is being tested in general. Surely I am hoping they are testing it the way it was released.

That was one of the most crude and rude things I have ever seen a programmer do when Richard Vida went into the Strelka 5.5 engine, removed the database of moves in it- then told people that version was ready to use now. No way he had a right to do that- not IMO.

Surely not one person is testing it with the database of moves removed, I would hope. I have made my feelings known, but I am not interested in a debate over it. Just rather how most people seem to be testing it, and how- with or w/o the moves database in it.



Thanks,

george