Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:37:20 10/28/04
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On October 27, 2004 at 20:37:35, José Carlos wrote: >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. Is this feeling based on watching Crafty19.17 and not older versions? I have no time to watch Crafty playing but it seems based on the notes that there is an endgame problem with Crafty19.17 Uri
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