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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.10

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 09:50:11 02/01/04

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On February 01, 2004 at 11:48:39, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On February 01, 2004 at 11:18:45, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>I see the source for Crafty 19.10 is now available at ....
>>
>>ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/v19/crafty-19.10.zip
>>
>>What are the changes in this version? Is this the version playing in CCT6?
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>from main.c:
>
>
> *******************************************************************************
> *   19.10   a fix to the EvaluateWinner() code to recognize that while KRB vs *
> *           KR can not normally be won by the KRB side, we require that the   *
> *           KR side not be trapped on the edge of the board, where it can be  *
> *           mated.  FUTILITY code put back in.  19.9 will be the SE version   *
> *           for those wanting to play with it.  new "learn" command option to *
> *           allow the user to set the position learning parameters that are   *
> *           used to trigger position learning and disable position learning   *
> *           after the game is already lost.  the command syntax is as follows *
> *           "learn trigger cutoff" and are expressed as fractions of a pawn   *
> *           with a decimel point.  the default is learn .33 -2.0 which says   *
> *           to do position learning when the score drops 1/3 of a pawn, but   *
> *           turn it off after the score reaches -2.00 as the game is already  *
> *           lost and learning won't help at this point.  this is the CCT-6    *
> *           version exactly as played in the CCT-6 tournament.                *
> *                                                                             *
> *******************************************************************************
>
>I had not realzied that there was newer version --- so Crafty 19.09 SE will not
>be released :(
>
>-- I will start working on Crafty 19.10 SE,  since this version appears to be
>the "keeper" here.  All my changes made to 19.09 will be carried over to 19.10
>SE  :>)

Do you recommend deleting the old position.lrn file, since this version has a
new learn command option?

Regards
Dave



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