Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: christmas2003 tournament now in round 8

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:19:04 01/28/04

Go up one level in this thread


On January 28, 2004 at 03:21:26, Peter Berger wrote:

>On January 27, 2004 at 10:43:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Can you tell+ me where the book came from?  IE my book, when playing a
>>computer, gives this for the possible book moves:
>>
>>    e4!    712147   47   0.18     0.04  -655.36   13531.0  50  Y
>>    d4!    503991   33   0.18     0.01  -655.36   13051.2  50  Y
>>    c4     113930    7  -0.10     0.16  -655.36    5161.0   0  Y
>>   Nf3     121355    8   0.16     0.00  -655.36    4431.4   0  Y
>>   Nh3?       110    0   0.06     0.21  -655.36    1473.7   0  N
>>    c3?       391    0  -0.13     0.08  -655.36     471.5   0  N
>>   Nc3?      4144    0   0.16     0.00  -655.36     266.8   0  N
>>    e3?      1651    0   0.15     0.00  -655.36     253.3   0  N
>>   Na3?        74    0   0.06     0.00  -655.36     161.1   0  N
>>    b4?      8778    0  -0.09     0.00  -655.36      23.3   0  N
>>    f4?      8908    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36      13.5   0  N
>>    g4?      1237    0  -0.09     0.00  -655.36      12.7   0  N
>>    a4?       167    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36       1.2   0  N
>>    h4?       161    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36       1.2   0  N
>>    g3?     11758    0  -0.12     0.00  -655.36      -2.5   0  N
>>    b3?      5794    0  -0.12     0.00  -655.36     -10.9   0  N
>>    a3?       599    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.2   0  N
>>    h3?       166    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.8   0  N
>>    f3?       162    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.8   0  N
>>    d3?       809    0   0.15    -0.08  -655.36    -247.9   0  N
>>
>>there is no 1. f4 that is playable, only e4 and d4.  I assume you are using
>>book.bin, bookc.bin, books.bin and that you have the keyword "computer" in your
>>crafty.rc file? (the book files above from my ftp machine?)  I would not begin
>>to explain where 1. f4 came from...
>>
>>IE if the "computer" command is missing from your crafty.rc file, then my book
>>should look like this:
>>
>>  move     played    %  score    learn     CAP     sortv   P%  P
>>    e4!    712147   47   0.18     0.04  -655.36   13531.0 128  Y
>>    c4     113930    7  -0.10     0.16  -655.36    5161.0   0  Y
>>    d4     503991   33   0.18     0.01  -655.36    5051.2   0  Y
>>   Nf3     121355    8   0.16     0.00  -655.36    4431.4   0  Y
>>   Nh3?       110    0   0.06     0.21  -655.36    1473.7   0  N
>>    c3?       391    0  -0.13     0.08  -655.36     471.5   0  N
>>   Nc3?      4144    0   0.16     0.00  -655.36     266.8   0  N
>>    e3?      1651    0   0.15     0.00  -655.36     253.3   0  N
>>   Na3?        74    0   0.06     0.00  -655.36     161.1   0  N
>>    b4?      8778    0  -0.09     0.00  -655.36      23.3   0  N
>>    f4?      8908    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36      13.5   0  N
>>    g4?      1237    0  -0.09     0.00  -655.36      12.7   0  N
>>    a4?       167    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36       1.2   0  N
>>    h4?       161    0  -0.10     0.00  -655.36       1.2   0  N
>>    g3?     11758    0  -0.12     0.00  -655.36      -2.5   0  N
>>    b3?      5794    0  -0.12     0.00  -655.36     -10.9   0  N
>>    a3?       599    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.2   0  N
>>    h3?       166    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.8   0  N
>>    f3?       162    0  -0.13     0.00  -655.36     -28.8   0  N
>>    d3?       809    0   0.15    -0.08  -655.36    -247.9   0  N
>>
>>Where the only playable move is 1. e4 (this is the book used against human
>>players).
>>
>>Bob
>
>You know this problem already Bob - have you forgotten :)?
>
>Thorsten uses the default books, but Crafty won't get the computer command at
>the expected time using WinBoard/XBoard, unless playing on a server. I think you
>should consider to change Crafty's behaviour as it's unlikely that
>WinBoard/XBoard will change theirs.
>
>Peter

that isn't the problem here.  f4 is not a choice in the default book on my ftp
machine, which is what caused me to raise the question initially.

But you are correct about the "computer" issue.  I don't see a way to tell
crafty which way to go as many use it as a personal opponent, many use it to
play matches.  Favoring the matches would improve its public results, but would
make it play less "interesting" for humans..



This page took 0.01 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.