Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:40:05 06/25/01
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On June 25, 2001 at 11:47:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 25, 2001 at 10:24:08, Eduard Nemeth 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 >> >>Hi! >> >>Yes, what You say is right. But contempt for Crafty 18.10 is "standard" >>on Zero. Why this?? >> >>Eduard > > >The main reason is SSDF testing and others playing comp vs comp matches. If >crafty doesn't know it is playing a computer, it won't know to set the contempt >to 0.00 (which is what I _always_ use in comp vs comp games). It is safer to >set it to 0 as the default, and then tell humans to set it correctly. And on >a chess server it is dynamically set when xboard/winboard tells crafty the >opponent's server rating... Is there something wrong with using the rating of the opponent for the contempt also when the opponent is a computer? I think that you are not going to be happy with a draw against a computer program when the program is weaker and Crafty plays against programs that are clearly weaker then it because of hardware and software. Uri
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