Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:09:14 11/13/98
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On November 13, 1998 at 08:32:19, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >Hi Crafty users! > >Crafty16.1 seams to be the first version of Crafty that solves the famous >Steinitz-Lasker position also known from BT2630 where it is Pos 16. >FEN:2krr3/pppb1ppp/3b4/3q4/3P3n/2P2N1P/PP2B1P1/R1BQ1RK1 b >For my PPro 233MHZ whith a two processor board Crafty takes 4:28 min to find >Nxg2 on ply 10. Rebel has always been very good in solving this position. > >For the also famous position from Sanz vs. Ortueta (Madrid 1934) >FEN:8/pR4pk/1b6/2p5/N1p5/8/PP1r2PP/6K1 b >Crafty16.1 is still very good. Crafty takes 36 sec to find Rxb2, whereas >Rebel is known to have problems whith this position, at least versions < 10. > >However wcrafty-16.1-smp.exe as provided by Bob Hyatt's ftp site does still >not work with the cache statement under WinNT4.0. So the efficient use of the >new tablebases is impossible. Crafty is too much slown down. Could someone >who is experienced whith Crafty code and WinNT have a look at this Problem >please? > >Kind regards >Bernhard the only thing to suggest is to put the cache= line *before* you put the egtb line. It is possible that jason got an older version of the 16.1 source before this was found and fixed. In any case, cache= is working for everyone I know of, so maybe it is a simple fix like this...
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