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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.08 SE 2004 vs Arena SOS4 : 8-2 inc. 10 games in pgn - (long)

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 12:35:30 01/04/04

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On January 04, 2004 at 13:36:47, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On January 04, 2004 at 09:37:55, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On January 04, 2004 at 07:54:25, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On January 03, 2004 at 14:10:11, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>
>>>>This will be new release.  Chnages :
>>>>
>>>>1.  A little faster 5-10% on my machine , your mileage may vary.
>>>>2.  Tweaked Fischer personality close to what it was in 19.04 SE
>>>>
>>>>The games below are very interesting - Crafty was able to draw a lost game.  In
>>>>few instances , both engines thought they were winning - usually Crafty was more
>>>>accurate in this short match.  Will let run it some more when I go out to dinner
>>>>later today.
>>>>
>>>>I will get the package for the executable and sources together now,  If you
>>>>recently sent me an email requesting source or executable - I got your email but
>>>>this latest version so close to being ready  - I wanted to send out the most
>>>>recent version.  Currenly there are over 160 subscribers from over 30 countries.
>>>> This version works perfectly for me in Arena and Fritz GUI.  There are few
>>>>things that must be set up perfectly to work in both GUI - - I wish it was plug
>>>>and play - but depending on how your you set up your system, where you have your
>>>>egtbs set up and whether or not you you a crafty book impacts your settings.
>>>>When using Crafty in either GUI, your EGTB's (and allll other crafty folders)
>>>>must be a directory with NO spaces in the name - or it does not work and you
>>>>will be sending me nasty grams about it not working.  In addition  , the
>>>>directory paths must be typed 100% correct - computers generally have a hard
>>>>time dealing with mistakes like that.  Those two reasons are the primarily
>>>>reasons when it does not work or does not work as expected,
>>>>
>>>>Best,
>>>>
>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dual 1.7 Ghz
>>>>pondering on - mt=1
>>>>
>>>>Time Control 4 min 2 sec
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----------------Crafty19.08 SE "fischer"-----------------
>>>>Crafty19.08 SE - SOS.4 for Arena : 8.0/10 7-1-2 (1110=1=111)  80%  +241
>>>>-----------------SOS.4 for Arena-----------------
>>>>SOS.4 for Arena - Crafty19.08 SE : 2.0/10 1-7-2 (0001=0=000)  20%  -241
>>>
>>>There are many games Crafty vs. Ruffian and only 4 games Crafty vs. SOS.
>>>One game has only 1 move.
>>>
>>>The SOS.book file is from 2.11.1999.
>>>From the readme: "Little effort is spent on the opening book."
>>>
>>>Michael
>>
>>I noticed that I hosed whatever I was posting --you are the first to comment so
>>I guess most people don't care.
>
>I don't understand what you mean here (hosed?).
>Of course it is not that important, but your subject says inc. 10 games.

"hosed" is slang for "made an error"  ~ I hosed my post so that the 10 games I
thought I was posting , were not posted and I posted whatever was in the
clipboard. A bad cut and paste job.  I have more games now I will post those.


http://dict.die.net/hosed/

>
>  The  SOS opening book is "what it is"  - I
>>can't control that.  Check with the prgrammer
>>
>>My crafty book is from 2001 and I spend "zero" time on it.
>
>It was just meant as an information. SOS might perform weaker as
>the engine actually is. In my tests it performed pretty strong in blitz against
>various amateur engines (without own boook).
>
>Michael



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