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Subject: Re: Is Crafty not in the WCCC2004?

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 05:23:04 05/23/04

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On May 23, 2004 at 07:58:44, Frank Phillips wrote:

>On May 23, 2004 at 05:03:35, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>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...
>
>
>Yes, it is extremely important not to let program bugs get in the way of the
>correct result  ;-)
>
>Frank

What I like in this forum is that several people have a great fantasy; they
always come out with something new!:-))

I mean they are not repetitive at all!:-))

Most importantly the deeply analyze things and give detailed explanations!

Wow!

Sandro





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