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Subject: Re: 100:1 NPS Challenge

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:18:52 12/17/03

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On December 17, 2003 at 12:51:35, Slater Wold wrote:

>On December 17, 2003 at 11:31:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2003 at 10:37:57, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>>
>>>On December 17, 2003 at 10:23:26, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 10:21:58, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 09:35:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On December 17, 2003 at 09:05:55, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I guess I will be running the 100:1 NPS challenge.  Here's the info:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I will use any books.bin & bookc.bin that Bob asks me to.  The book.bin will be
>>>>>>>created from enormous.pgn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My suggestion is to use book.bin, bookc.bin and books.bin from my ftp
>>>>>>machine.  book.bin has no learning data so it will start off in the best
>>>>>>possible way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>remove position.bin before game 1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And, as I suggested previously, if, after a program leaves book, it is
>>>>>>in an obviously won or lost position, the game gets aborted and the next
>>>>>>one started.  There is no place for "book kills" when the goal is a time
>>>>>>handicap match.
>>>>>
>>>>>Agreed.  The only loss Crafty has suffered in the Rebel match was a book loss.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>BTW, what were the results of that match?
>>>
>>>1-0 Rebel.  They stopped the match after 1 game.
>>>
>>>anthony
>>
>>
>>Wrong match.  :)
>>
>>Slate has been doing an 8:1 match vs Rebel, between "project" (Crafty
>>with about 8x faster hardware) vs "thehate" (rebel on slower hardware,
>>no idea where the name came from.  :)  )
>
>It used to be Hawkeye's undercover name.  It was a 3000+ bullet ID, with no (GM)
>or (IM) identification.  It was reported to speedtrape over 1,000 times.  :D
>
>>I think the games so far were two draws, one loss, 4 wins, from crafty's
>>perspective.  He was playing the live on ICC as of late last night, but both
>>accounts seem to be off this morning...
>
>Crafty will win, no doubt about it.  Look at the games.  Crafty is strong-arming
>Rebel.  But how will Crafty v11.0 do?  ;)

That's yet another question.  Right now the question is Crafty (current) vs
Junior (current) at 100:1.  I personally think it will be a waste of time, but
I suppose we will see...




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