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Subject: Re: Draw against Crafty 18.10 after only 10 moves!?

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 07:38:18 06/25/01

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On June 25, 2001 at 10:16:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 25, 2001 at 10:11:20, Ralf Elvsén wrote:
>
>>On June 25, 2001 at 09:03:27, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>
>>>"Now" I played this curious game. Why this? ;-)
>>>
>>>Have fun. :)
>>>
>>>Nemeth,E - Crafty 18.10 (with trojan check) [B20]
>>>Stufe=Blitz:10'.  Stuttgart, 25.06.2001
>>>
>>> 58MB, General.ctg. P600
>>> 1.e4 c5 2.e5 Sc6  0.05/10  17  3.f4 d6  -0.01/11  16  4.Sf3 dxe5  0.00/9  14
>>>5.fxe5 a6  0.08/9  13  6.Sc3 Dc7  0.00/9  16  7.Sd5 Dd8  0.00/10  10  8.Sc3 Dc7
>>>0.00/10  29  9.Sd5 Dd8  0.00/11  12  10.Sc3 ½-½
>>>
>>>Endposition:
>>>
>>>[D]r1bqkbnr/1p2pppp/p1n5/2p1P3/8/2N2N2/PPPP2PP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq -
>>>
>>>
>>>[Event "Blitz:10'"]
>>>[Site "Stuttgart"]
>>>[Date "2001.06.25"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "Nemeth,Eduard"]
>>>[Black "Crafty 18.10"]
>>>[ECO "B20"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 {0} c5 {0} 2. e5 {4} Nc6 {0.05/10 17} 3. f4 {3} d6
>>>{-0.01/11 17} 4. Nf3 {2} dxe5 {0.00/9 14} 5. fxe5 {2} a6
>>>{0.08/9 14} 6. Nc3 {4} Qc7 {0.00/9 17} 7. Nd5 {4} Qd8
>>>{0.00/10 11} 8. Nc3 {2} Qc7 {0.00/10 29} 9. Nd5 {2} Qd8
>>>{0.00/11 12} 10. Nc3 {2} 1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>Eduard
>>
>>I guess you had the contempt factor set to zero. To make Crafty
>>show you the contempt you deserve, set it to e.g. -20 or -30 :)
>>(centipawns if I remember it right)
>>
>>Ralf
>
>
>Actually the GUI might be doing something wrong here.  The missing piece of
>data that is always available on ICC is the opponent's rating.  Without this,
>it sets draw to 0.  You can use the "rating" command to set both your estimated
>rating and crafty's (depending on your hardware) and this will set the draw
>score (contempt) to a reasonable value.

Eduard obviously uses the Chessbase GUI. I don't know about the
latest version but I think the contempt value is the only way
to handle this there.

Ralf



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