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Subject: Re: Crafty Opening Book..One more silly question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:15:00 12/17/03

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On December 17, 2003 at 13:07:55, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>On December 17, 2003 at 12:31:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:23:04, Luis Smith wrote:
>>
>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:22:11, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:17:37, Luis Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:10:55, Brian Katz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 11:47:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 11:42:48, Brian Katz wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Is there a Crafty 19.06 or any other Crafty version opening books available for
>>>>>>>>download?
>>>>>>>>Especially for running engine tournaments, since all of the other major engines
>>>>>>>>which are available for purchase have their own specialy designed opening books.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Download book.bin, bookc.bin and books.bin from the
>>>>>>>ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/common directory.  Be sure to add "computer" to
>>>>>>>your crafty.rc/.craftyrc file if you are not using xboard/winboard, so that
>>>>>>>Crafty will know it is playing a computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Where would I find the crafty.rc/.craftyrc file since I am using a Chessbase
>>>>>>program ...Fritz 8
>>>>>>Thanks again Mr. Hyatt
>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>You have to create it on your own, but I can post mine here, you don't have to
>>>>>copy it exactly.
>>>>>
>>>>>log off
>>>>>hash=32M
>>>>>hashp=8M
>>>>>cache=8M
>>>>>book random 1
>>>>>book width 5
>>>>>tbpath=C:\Winboard\Tablebases
>>>>>egtb
>>>>>resign 4 3
>>>>
>>>>The above looks strange.  "resign" only takes one argument, the number
>>>>of pawns to be down before resigning.  IE "resign 4" says resign when
>>>>4 pawns down (after several consecutive moves).  The "3" is dangling and
>>>>is not used.
>>>
>>>I thought the 3 was used for the number of moves it was consecutively down?  I
>>>guess I'll take it out then...
>>
>>That's a good idea that I will add, but it is not in the current version.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>I notice it was given that way in the help command output, so I just made it
>>work as it claimed.  :)
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>swindle off
>>>>>exit
>>>>><---make sure there is a blank line here, it sometimes causes problems
>
>
>Also, isn't the rc file supposed to use the adaptive command now, instead of
>specifying different values for hash and hashp?


That's up to the user.  I use the adaptive command, but it really makes
the most sense on a chess server where the type of game can be blitz one
minute, and game in two hours the next game.




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