Author: José Carlos
Date: 17:37:35 10/27/04
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On October 27, 2004 at 09:57:20, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 26, 2004 at 20:53:36, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>Especially for those who want know what is Crafty 19.17 SE PB? >> >>http://home.interact.se/~w100107/issue22.htm >> >>There is also "how to" link. >> >>best, >> >>Michael >> >>;>) > >Interesting that Tony reports: > >"Crafty 19.17 come out good from book, often gets a slight advantage in the >middlegame, but somehow usually loose the endgame. >I've noticed that Crafty is especially poor in the pawn handling." > >Looking at the comments to the source code I see the following information: > >19.16:adjustments to pawn evaluation terms to improve the scoring balance. >19.17:changes to pawn evaluation to limit positional scores that could > get a bit out of sane boundaries in some positions. > >Uri My personal feeling while watching Crafty playing (no proofs nor scientific testing, just feeling) is that Crafty is very good at endgames, particularly in pawn endings. Comparatively, it's weaker in sharp positions with simultaneous attacks and defending crazy king attacks. José C.
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