Originally posted by ih8sens
my (once hoped for) opponent does not believe I am actually strong enough to beat an engine, calling the games I post on here hoaxes... I figured If i played one through him I could settle that.
Frankly I'm not worried about it anymore, I have nothing to prove and I don't really feel like defending myself.
Actually what I said was what you are claiming to be Crafty must have been some kind of bogus version. I'm not saying you were being dishonest, because I think you believed you were playing the real thing, but there was at least one move that it played that no current engine would possibly play.
If you could really beat Crafty on any kind of regular basis (say, more than 1 out of 10 games or something like that), your rating on here would be a lot higher than it is.
If I did play you with Crafty, you would almost certainly lose and it wouldn't prove anything unless we played a very protracted series of games.
In any case, if you want to play a more "official" game against an engine you can just use ICC or FICS, where there are plenty of engines logged in with official ratings and the games are public record.
In fact, I just watched GM de Firmian play several games against Rybka on ICC a couple weeks ago, losing almost every time. But maybe you're better than him!