Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:40:51 05/23/04
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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... The result of that event is bogus. But his point still stands as that is just one of 8 events...
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