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Subject: Re: Crafty 19.13 SE will be out this weekend

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 09:51:30 05/13/04

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On May 13, 2004 at 12:48:35, Mike Byrne wrote:

>With a few new features expected:
>
>The move now key will be functional while using the "delay move" function.
>
>A random search depth command "rsd".
>
>"rsd 3 7" will randomly select  a search depth ebwteen 3 and 7 ply.
>
>"rsd 3 7 6 12" will randomly select  a search depth bewteen 3 and 7 ply dueing
>opening and 6 to 12 depth during endgame.  The low search depth is often fine
>for opening and middle game, for the endgame it is often two week.   A user
>could use :
>
>"rsd 3 7 0 0" limited search depths of 3 to 7 in the opening and middle game and
>unlimited search depth in endgame.
>
>Should be  avery nice feature - it was suggested by a Crafty 19.SE user.
>
>Best,
>
>Michael
>
>PS - My computer is about halfway restored - but I made sure I got MSVC restored
>first.  On a less positive note, I will no longer be able to offer a PGO version
>(AMD) for Crafty as I lost Intel 7 with my computer failure. My current Crafty
>19.13 (no SE) is about 20% faster than Slater's SEE2 version and 5% faster than
>Skinner's on my specific P4 1.7 Ghz Xeon processor.  YMMV.

pS I know mispelled "week" for "weak" - I tend to spell phonetically and then
run spellcheck.  Human nature - "I like being lazy".  But I am not as dumb as I
type - I am probably "dummer" - just ask my wife - she can tell you how dumb I
am ;>).



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