Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 02:03:35 05/23/04
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On May 23, 2004 at 03:44:58, Sandro Necchi wrote: >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 You must also respect the final decisions of the TD Jaap vd H who can always change the chess rules at will. This and also opponents who throw a drawn game. So yes, that makes it understandable why certain things do happen...
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