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Subject: Re: Mr.Crafty update

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:26:11 01/30/02

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On January 30, 2002 at 14:36:24, pavel wrote:

>On January 30, 2002 at 10:28:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On January 29, 2002 at 23:46:09, Tina Long wrote:
>>
>>>Good job Pavel.
>>>(I hope 18.13 picks up in round 2, as I always discard my old Crafty's when I
>>>get a new one)
>>>
>>>Maybe when this is complete you could do a "Fritz7 versions" tourn.
>>>There's only 4 or 5 versions now, but by next week maybe you could run an 8
>>>engine F7 tourney
>>>
>>>Cheers Mate
>>>Tina
>>
>>
>>It would be _far_ better to play each crafty version vs several _non-crafty_
>>opponents.  The versions are often not very different.  If I add a piece of
>>knowledge that is unimportant in crafty vs crafty games, that speed loss will
>>make that version look a bit worse.  When that knowledge might help against
>>other programs.
>>
>>I run C vs C matches for testing and debugging.  Not to measure strength
>>improvements...
>
>
>so you are suggesting that this type of match (the one I am running) will tell
>us more about which version might more bugs or problems in certain area, i think
>that is also very inetersting.
>For Instance if we see a version 18.XX falling very behind in the group then we
>can assume that that version might have some serious bugs, could be related
>pondering, hash collition or such.
>
>pavs


Maybe or maybe not.  It will take careful analysis of the games to conclude
anything.  One version might do badly because it is a bit slower.  Or because
it has a bug...




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