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Subject: Re: Free Crafty vs Comm.Programs

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 18:45:20 08/24/00

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On August 24, 2000 at 21:18:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 24, 2000 at 14:48:41, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>
>>On August 24, 2000 at 14:00:37, kurt wrote:
>>
>>>As a user of crafty engine I will say something
>>>about its book again. V17 book shows 12..Qb6 13.Qh6 as 0.00 evaluation,
>>>it is not allowed to see 13.Qg5 as played by Rebel. This shows that Craftys
>>>openings are inadaquate against solid oponents such as fritz,nimzo,shredder etc.
>>>It may have better chances by playing without any book against them!
>>>If we want to see crafty playing even with the best,we need to compile
>>>theoretical novelties with solid proven and tested lines. We crafty users
>>>should ask Dan Corbit to open a file for our input. And coordinate the testing
>>>of this new "2000 book" for crafty. Dr. Hyatt,Dan Corbit and ALL Users of
>>>FREE CRAFTY " lets get with it".
>>>Best regards to all,
>>>Kurt Widmann
>>
>>Well then Crafty needs at first a better implementation of using the CAP data.
>
>Nope.  In some cases the CAP data has problems.  IE it will convince any
>program to follow the qc7 line in the Rebel game because it looks good for
>black when it isn't...
>
>The problem there was that Graham and I put this together way too quickly.  I
>have a better book that he is hopefully using for the last few rounds.  But we
>simply didn't have any time to even verify that the program is running correctly
>on the alpha.  Everything happened too quickly as I only found out I could enter
>crafty without going about 2 weeks prior to the event...
>
>In these events, opening preparation is nearly as important as engine
>preparation, and I generally take care of this just fine.  There just wasn't
>time this time...  due to too late a start.

I think it would be a really good idea to post process the EPD data to check
each subsequent position.  I find that almost all problems dissapear after one
additional ply, and two plies is even better.




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