Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 08:18:34 08/30/00
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On August 30, 2000 at 10:08:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 30, 2000 at 07:37:39, Steve Coladonato wrote: > >>On August 29, 2000 at 21:33:49, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 29, 2000 at 15:59:19, Steve Coladonato wrote: >>> >>>>I have downloaded the evaluation copy of Swiss Perfect and have no idea how the >>>>round 1 pairings for the WMCC 2000 were made. No matter what settings I use I >>>>can't get anywhere near to the tournament settings and even after using the >>>>round 1 pairings and results, round 2 pairings don't add up either. >>>> >>>>Probably I shouldn't use that tournament as an example but perhaps Dortmund or >>>>something else? >>>> >>>>Steve >>> >>> >>>Did you get the initial seedings exactly as they were done in London? >> >>Bob, >> >>Thanks. No, my initial ratings were incorrect. Bill Gletsos provided me with >>the correct initial ratings in his post and that straightned out the problem. >> >>Tbanks again. >> >>I was glad to see you enter the tournament and hope to see Crafty in the future >>tournaments. Do you have any thoughts on where it didn't perform well and >>whether improvements will be made? >> >>Steve > > >It had at least two identified problems: > >1. The opening book. This is always difficult when you play an "automatically >generated book" vs a "hand-crafted book". I don't believe the problem is >insurmountable, as otherwise computer chess will _never_ catch up to humans. >But it is a hard problem. > >2. For unknown reasons, it was moving far too quickly. I am afraid that I may >have given Graham a .craftyrc file with something wrong in it. We didn't have >much time at all to get ready for this, otherwise I would have had him play a >couple of test games and send me the logs to be sure everything was ok. > >Of course, with a better book and better time management, it could have done >even worse... Well anything could happen ;-) I'd like to see Crafty under a good preparation scenario though. Looking forward to the next championship. Regards, Steve
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