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Subject: Re: Will the real Crafty_16.1 please stand up!!

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 01:05:24 11/16/98

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On November 13, 1998 at 17:09:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...

You're right. This solves my problem.
Kind regards
Bernhard



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