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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