Author: Chessfun
Date: 11:46:14 02/08/00
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On February 08, 2000 at 11:47:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 08, 2000 at 08:02:43, Chessfun wrote: > >>On February 08, 2000 at 02:05:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>Win32 Intel binary: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/Crafty1.exe >>>Same thing compressed: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/binaries/crafty1.exe.gz >>> >>>Win32 Intel SMP binary: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/CraftySmp.exe >>>Same thing compressed: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/binaries/craftySmp.exe.gz >>> >>>Win32 Alpha binary: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/crafty-alpha-nt.exe >>>Same thing compressed: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/binaries/crafty-alpha-nt.exe.gz >>> >>>Win32 Alpha SMP binary: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/crafty-alpha-nt-smp.exe >>>Same thing compressed: >>>ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/binaries/crafty-alpha-nt-smp.exe.gz >> >> >>I understand Dan that you speed up these versions. >>But can you tell me which version 17-7 or 17-8 >>Dr Hyatt used at the ICC tourney last weekend. >>Thanks. > > >As far as 'chess' goes, 17.7 and 17.8 are identical. Someone pointed out a >few problems with compiler warnings on different platforms, dealing with passing >a long long to an fseek() call when it should have been a long, for one example. > >17.8 cleaned this up, as well as a couple of other problems (one was the bench >command would crash and burn if you had no books.bin file). > >Engine-wise, both are identical. I played the first weekend with 17.7, the >second with 17.8... both play identical moves, with identical scores and >node counts (if you don't use SMP). > >I thought I would release 17.8 "as is" as a reference point for the ICC >tournament version, in case any questions ever come up about "Hey, my >crafty won't play that move ever, I think it had some human intervention." >This version can be used by anyone to debunk such a statement. Good, thanks for this information. I will use your/my current 17.7 in my next tourney. Thanks.
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