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Subject: Re: What Happened To Crafty(C) Rating At ICC ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:15:39 03/19/04

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On March 19, 2004 at 01:14:25, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On March 18, 2004 at 22:42:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I suppose this is needed.  "some" things get turned off by the "computer"
>>command, but not everything...
>
>Back when Crafty was dominant, how much "anti-human" stuff was enabled? Or was
>it even Crafty?

this "stuff" has evolved over time.  it is not particularly new, so "most" of it
was certainly "on" back then...




>
>It seemed then that no matter who it played, it was a tough opponent.
>
>Currently right now when Crafty recieves the "computer" command it really culls
>the opening selection to the point that opening lines get repeated. I think this
>is another area that is hurting Crafty. If it played a little wider in the book,
>I think it would allow for more lines to be learned. The default bookc.bin
>almost always plays 1.d4! when 1.e4 and 1.Nf3 are good opening choices. I
>rebuilt the opening books to allow for more play, but Crafty still takes over
>and plays the 1.d4 opening line.
>
>It would be nice to have anti-human play when needed but when playing computers
>a normal style of game. Then again I could just be totally out in left field. :)
>
>Peter



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