Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:30:59 06/25/98
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On June 25, 1998 at 10:30:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 25, 1998 at 06:36:53, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >> >>On June 24, 1998 at 21:02:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On June 24, 1998 at 20:13:14, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Bob: >>>>I already have in operation the crafty for dummies version I downloaded form the >>>>site I told you in a post. My question is: what newer and stronger engine than >>>>the current I have in the package (12,7)is better for my computer, 200 Mhz, MMX? >>>>Thanks in advance >>>>Fernando >>> >>>This is always difficult to say, but based on the ratings of the various >>>crafty clones on ICC, 15.14/15.15 are playing better... 15.x has a lot of >>>SMP stuff for parallel search, but that can be compiled out to get a non- >>>SMP version that has the most recent eval/search/book changes.. >> >>Easy to answer: 12.7 and 12.9 are by far the strongest > > > >that's a bogus claim. over the past 3 weeks, I have played some with 15.x and >with 12.9, on the same machine (non-smp) on chess.net. I played about the same >number of games with each, and 15.x is winning about 10% more games against >the same opponents. Not a huge gain, but measurable. In blitz games played >using xboard between the two (12.9 and 15.15) 15.15 shows to be about 60 rating >points better over 500 games. Again, not substantial, but significant. almost forgot. If you have two or more CPUs, then it is no contest, of course...
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