Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 16:24:16 12/01/99
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On December 01, 1999 at 17:50:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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... Glad to hear you are doing well, Dr. Hyatt. We need you around this forum and keep improving Crafty please. :-) Best regards, Phil
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