Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 00:49:24 03/02/00
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On March 01, 2000 at 22:38:00, Tina Long wrote: >On March 01, 2000 at 17:23:46, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On March 01, 2000 at 16:56:24, Leon Stancliff wrote: >> >>>Dr. Hyatt, >>> >>> To the best of my ability I have endeavored to calculate the ratings of the six >>>top computer chess programs when running on the AMD K6-2 450 hardware. Is it >>>your opinion that the latest version of Crafty belongs in this list when playing >>>at 40/2? >>> >>>Junior 6a 2631 >>>Chess Tiger 2607 >>>Nimzo 7.32 2584 >>>Fritz 5.32 2582 >>>Shredder 4 2577 >>>Hiarcs 7.32 2547 >>> >>>Thanking you in advance whether or not you choose to respond. If you do choose >>>to respond, a simple yes or no answer would suffice. >> >>Crafty just won an internet contest against all of these. Crafty is designed >>for SMP machines and with pondering on. Under those conditions, it is as good >>or better than any program in the world. It would take extensive testing to see >>how it would fare against the world's best programs (like the above list) at >>40/2. I suspect it would be competitive even on a uniprocessor. >> >>Some tests at 40/2 against other freely available Winboard engines seem to >>indicate that it is the toughest dog in that town. >> >>There is no question that it is the strongest program in the world for which the >>source code is publicly available, at the present time. > >Hi Dann, Dr Hyatt, et al., :) > >That post is a fine endorsement of Crafty. It has aroused my interest. > >We've got Crafty 17.04 in our Hiarcs7.32, and although I've played several >"friendly" games against it (about 0-0-50), I have more-or-less disregarded it >in favour of H732, F5, RebelCent, Tigger, when I play seriously or do major >analysis. I think the cause is the mental block over it being free. > Try 17.07 as compiled by Chessbase as an engine. I feel that its the strongest Crafty ever..... Torstein >Maybe I should show it some more respect & use it more as an analysis tool. > >Therefore a coupla questions please: (from anyone who wants to offer their >opinion thanks) > >What is the "best" Crafty version currently available for download for the F5.32 >interface? > >How well does Crafty "stack up" against the best commercials in say 1 hour >analysis of a position? (on a PII 400) (I've thought it didn't, because I >thought it wasn't selective-searching enough, I also thought it wasn't using >hash -I'm more than happy to be told I'm wrong). > >Thanks guys >Tina Long
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