Author: Pete Galati
Date: 19:32:36 11/11/00
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On November 11, 2000 at 18:05:41, Severi Salminen wrote: >>Ok, thanks to all who told me what Win Board engines are out there. Based on >>what I saw, I think Crafty is the best. (Am I wrong?) >> >>I think crafty 17.07 was very strong. What is the best one? Bob? >> >>I know that one is tempted to say the current version is best, since that one is >>the latest improvement, but is it? I recall Bob writing things like, 'I tried >>to fix the king safety in ver x+1 but I am not happy with it'. >> >>So what do you all think? > >Well, I think that the latest is the best. Reason: Hyatt is the only person who >knows the most about his creation - so if he fixes something he most of the time >knows the best what he is fixing and why. Most of the new releases fix bugs from >previous versions. I agree, I always go with the most resent version of all Winboard engines that I use. I didn't check his revision notes on this latest version, so I don't have a clue what he might have revised, but I did find this one to play a paticularly brutal game of Chess against me. Admitedly I seldom play Chess anymore so I might be getting rusty(er), but this latest version seems pretty darn strong to me. Pete > >But there are two points to remember (everyone of us should): 1. Hyatt's object >is to make Crafty play strong chess against human opponent, other programs don't >have the first priority. 2. Crafty has been and still is an experimental >project. It means that there is no _final_ release. There are new releases which >maybe fix bugs and maybe introduce a new feature which either works or not. > >Severi
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