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Subject: Re: The firecracker crafty book

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:58:32 07/06/00

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On July 06, 2000 at 17:47:40, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 06, 2000 at 16:54:43, James Robertson wrote:
>[snip]
>>I think clearer output would be:
>>
>>Crafty                        : 161 (+141,=  6,- 14), 89.4 %
>>SOS                           : 100 (+  1,=  4,- 95), 97.0 %
>>Yace                          :  61 (+ 13,=  2,- 46), 77.0 %
>>
>>And gosh, that is a terrible result for SOS.... are you absolutely certian
>>something wasn't totally out of whack?
>
>Positive.  At least it plays terrific at G/60 or longer time controls using the
>same settings.  My guess is that SOS favors longer time controls.  There's not
>much you can adjust on SOS anyway.  And SOS definitely found it's opening book.
>
>These games were at ludicrously short time control to see what impact the new
>book had (Game in one minute).


Not to beat a dead horse, but the results _do_ seem odd.  IE IMHO Crafty is
better at longer time controls and usually doesn't do very well at game/1
against other comps.  Seems strange, but anything is possible in the world of
computer chess...



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