Author: maria clara benedicto
Date: 23:28:10 08/05/02
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Hi Mike, thanks for making chess more exciting with your modifed Crafty engines. thanks Dr. R. Hyatt. cheers maria On August 05, 2002 at 21:50:23, Mike Byrne wrote: >All those who requested the previous versions will be emailed a current 17.16 >executable. Since each version is better than the previous, I'm not in the >habit of releasing older modified crafty's. To request a free copy of 17.16 SE, >please email me at mfbyrne_pa@msn.com. > >All my modified Crafty's are based on Dr. Robert Hyatt's Crafty original Crafty >source - and these modified Crafty's would not exist except for him. > >I always send my modified source to Bob and he is naturally free to implement if >he choses - but I am sure he would be the first to say I'm not a programmer and >my programming is sometimes "not good". > >Changes: > >It is more aggressive with its pawns - sometimes perhaps too aggressive. In >this case, I increased the piece square values for advanced pawns by a little >bit. It is out playing my previous versions by about 2:1 margin in wins. >(Note - a 2:1 margin against avery similiar program is not as much as >improvement as 2:1 margin against a dissimiliar program - but it's enough to >warrant a release - I think). > >There are some other minor chanegs as well - but the big change is with the >piece square value for pawns. >
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