Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 00:44:58 05/23/04
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On May 23, 2004 at 03:25:11, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On May 23, 2004 at 01:52:24, Derek Paquette wrote: > >>On May 22, 2004 at 23:11:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On May 22, 2004 at 22:33:58, Derek Paquette wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, i just took a look at the WCCC2004 page and to my surprise Crafty is not in >>>>it, >>>> >>>>is the page just not being updated properly? >>>> >>>>If it is just slow and delayed I have a few questions for Bob, >>>>what Crafty version is going to be used and on what hardware? >>> >>>Most recent version, always. Hardware is unknown. I am trying for a 4-way or >>>8-way 2.4ghz opteron as a worst-case, maybe something even better. But it is >>>late to really look for good hardware. Whether it will work out or not is >>>unknown... >>> >>> >>> >>>>In some previous posts you were talking about 'perhaps' increasing Crafty's >>>>strength and you might be making leaps and bounds with its performance (your >>>>also waiting for a new box to come in i 'believe') >>> >>>Yes... we are going to work on a cluster-crafty this summer. Got a Ph.D. >>>student interested so we are going to jump in starting in June... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>I use crafty 19.12 on chessanytime.com and it kicks a lot of ass, >>>>just wondering what the author is doing with WCCC >>> >>> >>>I'm trying to get it set up. It is "iffy"... >> >>Assuming all goes the way you want, and you get the hardware you want for the >>WCCC2004, how do you feel that you fair against the competition, now i know you >>aren't sure if or which type of hardware box/cluster you are getting, but >>assuming you get something juicy, how do you feel crafty 19.13 fairs with that >>hardware. > > >I believe that Crafty 19.13 has the same chances as any of the top 4 program >from the SSDF, it is a matter of LUCK in such a short tourney :-) > >Jorge Well, luck is important in short tournaments, but not the only thing...explain why from 1996 only Junior and Shredder won WCCC tournaments and not other chess programs. There is a reason for everything... Sandro
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