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Subject: Re: Crafty UCI Arena Files Available

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:45:06 12/04/02

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On December 04, 2002 at 22:41:43, Mike Byrne wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Crafty is NOT a UCI engine.  But with the help of the winboard to UCI ultility
>(wb2uci.exe), it can very much be implemented into an UCI interface.
>
>The advantage of the UCI GUI implementation over the Winboard GUI is that the
>command settings are in the GUI interface in a windows enviroment - keeping the
>user out of the tedious effort of making changes to a text file to change an
>engine setting.
>
>Currently, there are files available, already pre-edited, that allow a Fritz
>7/Shredder 6 user to install Crafty via the UCI convertor tool and have the main
>crafty options accessible via the Fritz 7/ Shreddder GUI.  In addition, I have
>modified Crafty to accept additinal commands that are not in the real crafty.
>They are piece value settings, personality settings, and a special delay move
>function that prevents the computer from moving instantly if it's in a weakened
>state, e.g., by setting search depth to 1.
>
>These are free via email to me at mfbyrne_pa@msn.com.
>
>I have also created Arena *.eng files that accomplished the same objective as
>above for the Arena GUI.  These are in beta mode are available for the asking
>via email to me at the same address.
>
>If this is of interest to you, please email me a request to the above address
>for the files.  Please be sure to state what GUI you are interesed in.
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Michael Byrne

I forgot to mention, I have created these files in such a way as to allow the
engine to continue to use Crafty's book while operating in UCI mode.



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