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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.12se ?

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:37:37 05/03/04

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On May 03, 2004 at 22:35:06, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On May 03, 2004 at 20:34:19, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>Here is my rc file and the log file from an endgame test (KNNNK).  I see nothing
>>strange about it.  It's just that the score shown in both GUIs is 0.00 when it's
>>an obvious mate.
>>
>>hash=96M
>>hashp=24M
>>cache=16M
>>level= 0 5 0
>>tbpath=c:\tb;c:\tb\4to1tb
>>egtb=5
>>computer
>>exit
>>
>>
>
ClarificationL

I agree - the "analysis" button for endgame positions does not work for Crafty
under Arena when using the analysis icon.


>
>That is not an easy fix doe me and I have no idea how to fix it. If you bring
>crafty up in console mode, not only will it tell you mate-in-xx , but it will
>tell you the best line.
>
>The Goodnews - There is a workaround for Arena:
>
>add (no quotes)
>"
>xboard
>kibitz 2
>"
>
>to your crafty.rc file
>
>set search time to infinity
>
>hit the computer icon (computer chip left of "demo" button) and it will display
>mate score.  It will be faster after Crafty is initialize.
>
>[d]4k3/8/8/8/8/8/8/3NKNN1 w - - 0 1
>
>Crafty-19.12 SE [Jekyll & Hyatt]  WB2 79 MB:
> 1   00:00  0.00   Ng3 Kc6 3. Ne3 Kb5 4. Nf4 Ka4 5. Ngf5 Kb4 6. Ne6 Ka3
> 7   00:00  0.00   Kd2! Kb4 9. Kd3! Ka4 10. Kc4! Ka3! 11. Nc6 Ka2 12.
> 4   00:00 -M17  1. Kf2 <EGTB>



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