Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:50:54 12/01/99
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On December 01, 1999 at 15:44:35, Alexander Kure wrote: >On December 01, 1999 at 14:41:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 01, 1999 at 14:26:34, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >> >>>The blitz rating for crafty has plummeted to under 2800 in a fairly short period >>>of time. Has the latest version acquired a bug or we witnessing a normal rating >>>oscillation at its low ebb? For awhile there crafty sported a 3250+ rating that >>>must have sent frightened GMs diving under their desks for cover. What happened? >> >> >>It is a bug. I just found one serious thing, but I have simply not had time >>to do further analysis. I am currently in a hospital bed (fortunately with a >>phone and my trusty notebook) recovering from surgery. Once I get home later >>this week, I hope I can fix everything. >> >>The current bug dealt with having a "char passed_pawn_value[8]" array... which >>I scaled up so that a passer on the 7th starts at a score of 132. Unfortunately >>+132 (in a char) is a negative number which was not what I intended. :) >> >>It will be back before long... >> >>The other problem is getting the new majority/candidate passer code tuned. If >>it worries too much about that in the middlegame it can go astray. If it >>worries too little in the endgame, it can lose easily. >> >>It will take time to get everything back into 'harmony'... > > >Hope it is nothing serious and that you will recover soon. >Wish you all the best! > >Greetings >Alex I'm doing fine. It is 'crafty' that needs the surgery now... if you have noticed its performance on ICC/FICS the last week... it has been losing to everybody...
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