Author: pavel
Date: 08:57:14 08/22/00
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On August 21, 2000 at 10:44:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 21, 2000 at 09:34:31, pavel wrote: > >>On August 21, 2000 at 08:52:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 21, 2000 at 08:28:59, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On August 21, 2000 at 08:20:01, Jason Williamson wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 21, 2000 at 06:47:02, pavel wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On August 21, 2000 at 05:55:03, Bertil Eklund wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On August 21, 2000 at 01:27:23, pavel wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On August 21, 2000 at 01:12:14, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I am determined to be heard. Crafty for tournament play by SSDF should be called >>>>>>>>>Crafty V17 as suggest earlier. >>>>>>>>>Wayne >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>maybe you should put "as suggested by the author himself earlier" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>atleast the guys in SSDF will take it seriously (??). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>or they would say "oh these are a bunch of kids who likes crafty" (joke) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>:) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>pavel >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi! >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I think we should restart with a later version 17.11 and higher, there is many >>>>>>>signs that these versions are clearly better, compare for instance the list for >>>>>>>Chessbase engines, where 17.11 is placed much higher than 17.07. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Bertil SSDF >>>>>> >>>>>>IMO there is no need of restarting, since so many games has been played. >>>>>>all these games would be a waste then. >>>>>>'I suggest' that when you play with crafty next time pls use the latest version >>>>>>available and name all the version V17, in this way it will be easier. >>>>>>and you dont have to play with every version. just uptodate version 17 with the >>>>>>versions that are available...... >>>>>>'even better suggestion' use the auto232 to connect chessbase interface with >>>>>>winboard, AFAIK there is no hassle at all. and in ICS (internet chess servers) >>>>>>there are MANY computer accounts who are playing chessbase engines like that. >>>>>>'I am sure' that there is no problem with the autoplayer at all ......... >>>>>> >>>>>>thanks >>>>>> >>>>>>pavel >>>>>> >>>>>>ps, I am sure people probably has better ideas ;) >>>>> >>>>>This is the idea that makes the most sense to me with engines like Crafty that >>>>>will be updated more then once a year. Bascily, SDDF has to just see the fact >>>>>there isn't all that much that differnt from 17.7 and 17.11 just some big bug >>>>>fixes, while from 16.x and 17.x has a lot of big changes. Basicly, if it was my >>>>>rating list I would just measure the main version. >>>> >>>>I do not understand about what bugs you are talking >>>> >>>>I read that 17.8 is the version that won the ICC tournament. >>>>and I read also that 17.7 is identical to 17.8 about chess moves. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>> >>>That is part of the point. Why test both 17.7 _and_ 17.8? And who should look >>>at the source to see whether a new version has enough changes to justify testing >>>it against the older versions? >>> >>>_every_ version has had bugs fixed that were in previous versions. Where a bug >>>could be something that might make it crash (rare), or either incorrect >>>knowledge, or incorrectly implemented knowledge. Or even missing special-case >>>knowledge... >> >> >>I was wondering if you would want to cimpile a version for chessbase (as you do >>for unix, smp, windows , maicntosh (??) and others). >>In this case atleast we can be 'sure' that it is the 'real' crafty. >>playing the same moves (though havent tested throughly) doesnt necessary mean >>its the same thing. >>I believe several things has been taken out of crafty to make it chessbase >>compatible. >>but again I may be wrong ;) >> >>pavel > > >I can't. I don't know what they do to the source to make it compatible with >their API.. > >Bob "I think" i do.. I will let you know as soon as i am sure ;) pavel
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