Author: maria clara benedicto
Date: 06:12:19 07/30/02
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Hi Michael, thanks maria On July 30, 2002 at 03:29:07, Mike Byrne wrote: >To my Fellow Crafty Friends: > >Crafty 17.15 SE is available for free via email. Anyone who requested Crafty >17.14 SE, will be emailed Crafty 17.15 SE. > >The new options below (1 & 2) enabled anybody (kids and beginners too!) to play >crafty competively WITHOUT setting the search time to 0.1 seconds. I have >introduced a new option that lets YOU set the piece values just about anything >you want (within reason of course). > >Even for seasoned players, it is fun to watch crafty got through it's gyrations >with mis-appropriate piece values. Try "krafty pawngrabber" and watch crafty >grab pawns for little in return! > >To get the stand piece values back - it's easy - just type "krafty stand". > >This version also plays very well with the "gm" setting, booster 60 60 225 >and all extensions set at .75. > >Changes added since 17.14 SE > >1. Option: "Value" command lets the user set the value of the pieces at either >atteh comamnd prompt or in the crafty.rc file. Added for two reason. easier >resarch om optimla peice values and also serves as a "weaker" option by enabling >values not normally used. > >For example - to set all pieces the same add this to the crafty.rc file: > >value queen 500 >value rook 500 >value bishop 500 >value knight 500 >value pawn 500 > >2. Alternatively you use the new command "krafty" at the prompt or in the >crafty.rc for quick access to 12 different pre-defined settings: > >pawngrabber (loves to grab pawns - even for little in return) >beginner (doesn't understand the value of the queens and rooks - but knows pawns >are worth less) >novice (values rooks, knights and bishops all the same, queens too lightly) >woodpusher (better than the novice , but not by much) >knight (overly favors knights) >bishop (overly favors bishops) >player (overly favors rooks) >expert (overly favors queens) >master (still favors queens - but not as much) >im (well rounded - underestimates the power of the pawn) >gm (solid) >standard (solid - uses the standard 9,5,3,3,1 values (Q,R,B,N,P) > >3. Bishop pair code from Crafty 18.xx > >4. Limited Recaputure Extensions added. > >5. Trojan Horse check enabled ALL the time. > >6. Slight Extension revision since 17.14 SE > >Crafty 17.15 SE (modified crafty) - original source by Dr. Robert Hyatt ; >modified by Mike Byrne. There was no original Crafty 17.15 - it is primarily >based on Crafty 17.14 - but since I already use Crafty 17.14 SE, Crafty 17.15 SE >was the next logical version number for my modfied crafties. > >Thanks again to Dr. Robert Hyatt! > >Enjoy, > >Mike Byrne
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