Author: Chessfun
Date: 17:59:08 08/28/00
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On August 28, 2000 at 19:43:16, Roger D Davis wrote: > >> >>My Young Talents + tourney is almost finished 83/110 and the last few days I >>have been running a number of "Bone Throws" 5 1 or 3 1 50 - game matches on my >>other computer. >> >>What about opening book any thoughts? >>I have no intention of trying manual, nor autoplaying, initially I think I'll >>run in F6 interface with ponder=off, 5 1 sounds fine using Crafty 17.11, then >>maybe 500 games or so. >> >>Sarah. > > >Wow...500 games sounds good to me. For the Winboard Crafty, I'd use all Winboard >stuff....Use Bob Hyatt's tournament book, if he has one, and use tablebases, if >possible. For the CB Crafty, use the default book for the Young Talents (or use >the Fritz 6 book). I think it is better to use the same opening book, be it craftys or a Chessbase book. >That way, the tournament is, to the extent possible, and >All-Winboard Crafty versus an All-Chessbase Crafty. No it would also be a which book is better match, unless the book is the same. >Also, use the same Winboard version of Crafty that plays in the Young Talents. >That way, the version numbers are the same, just that the platforms are There is no Crafty in Young Talents. In my current Young Talents the crafty is the latest Chessbase released version 17.11. I will use that plus 17.11 Winboard version + adapter. >different. No one can say that a newer Winboard Crafty version beat the older >Chessbase version that way. No I agree the versions must be the same. As should the book. >This will be interesting, because it could show that the SSDF representation of >Crafty isn't quite up to the standards of the Winbard version. Or vice versa. :) Well I'm not sure I would have put it that way, as the SSDF are testing a version of Crafty which as I recall was with the author's knowledge. It may show whether the adapter plays a role or not, but even then the results could be debated from either side of the issue based on time controls, pondering, etc. Sarah. >Roger
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