Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:22:43 11/03/00
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On November 03, 2000 at 13:37:06, pavel wrote: >On November 03, 2000 at 13:19:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 03, 2000 at 12:20:26, pavel wrote: >> >>>On November 03, 2000 at 11:53:54, David Beauregard wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Bob, just wanted to thank you publicly for letting LeTiger play Crafty. >>>>Crafty came out on top 2 0. I really enjoyed the games. Once again merci >>>>beaucoup. I think Crafty has improved a lot since I last played Crafty. >>>>LeTiger's evaluation never reached over +1.00 during the games. >>>> >>>>Thank you very much, >>>> >>>>David Beauregard >>> >>>I watched the last two games (both ocation letiger lost). both were 5 3 games. >>>I think it really isnt important who wins the game or who loses, the whole idea >>>is to enjoy. >>>winning or lossing just makes you feel good or bad. >>> >>>I never had the opportunity to plays crafty at ICC, but I Played it often in >>>chess.net and always maked sure that I dont play more than 4 games in a raw, >>>even though when I noticed that the 'xboard' script at chess.net doesnt work. >>>(it doesnt ban if more than 4 games are played in a row in a given time frame) >>>programs like cchess, fritzx, used to play bizillions of games in a row, but >>>they never got banned in chess.net >>> >>>enjoy :) >>> >>>Pavel >> >> >>As I mentioned, I run two interfaces. My custom interface will do the auto >>noplay stuff for all the reasons I have given. But I don't always run it, as >>xboard lets me watch the games while I do other things, and it also "pops to the >>top of my desktop" to let me know the machine is busy playing chess. Which >>lets me know to avoid doing any heavy computation at the same time, if it is >>possible. >> >>I have made _many_ exceptions to the 4 games in a row, when someone asks me >>to do so. Lonnie is a good example, but there are many others. >> >>When I run xboard, I have to do the noplay stuff myself, and I am pretty lax >>about doing so as I don't watch all the time. When I run my custom interface, >>the 5th game will get you noplayed instantly. So there is a definite element >>of 'chance' that some are willing to take. And note that on chess.net I am much >>more "lax" since it is not nearly as big as ICC, and playing GMs there is not a >>very frequent happening. While on ICC playing 60 GM games in a single day is >>not unusual at all. >> >>IE on chess.net the chances of getting noplayed is lower. Because I don't get >>many complaints there... >> >>This is about fun. It is about improving crafty. And I consider the GM/IM >>players _far_ more important to humor than the computer opponents. > >I am trying to compile a version of crafty in my "quency compiler" which uses >GCC. >I am running on a windows system (upgraded 95), I cant seem to compile it im my >computer using the main.c file. most likely because of the commands for UNIX >system. I was wondering if it's possible for you to send me an edited main.c >suitable for my PC configuration > >pls note, I am a "dabba" (newbe) in C++, > >thanks >Pavel Look at chess.h near the top. You will find lots of "target" operating systems. One of them should compile just fine, although your gcc might not have all the right libraries, depending on whether you want it to run in windows, or in a dos window.
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