Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 09:42:45 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
I was only considering the possibility of Crafty being even against let say
Shredder at the end of the tourney and when they face each other a draw like
this one could easily happen with equal hardware, but with Crafty running on 8X
AMD Opteron who knows what will happens.
[Event "A-1.2GHz, Blitz:30'"]
[Site "Athlon 1.2 GHz"]
[Date "2004.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Crafty 19.13"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "0.01;0.61"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
{W=13.3 ply; 488kN/s B=16.2 ply; 258kN/s} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 5. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 10. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} N8d7 {Both last book move [%emt 0:00:00]} 11. exd6 {
[%eval 1,10] [%emt 0:00:52]} cxd6 {[%eval 61,15] [%emt 0:00:40]} 12. Qd1 {
(a4) [%eval 8,11] [%emt 0:01:10]} Bxf3 {(Rc8) [%eval -5,15] [%emt 0:00:49]} 13.
Bxf3 {[%eval 19,14] [%emt 0:00:48]} Nxc4 {[%eval -5,16] [%emt 0:00:39]} 14.
Bxb7 {[%eval 2,13] [%emt 0:00:47]} Ra7 {[%eval -23,15] [%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Bf3
{[%eval -14,12] [%emt 0:00:54]} d5 {[%eval -33,15] [%emt 0:00:43]} 16. Bc1 {
[%eval -11,12] [%emt 0:00:45]} Qa5 {(Bd6) [%eval -31,14] [%emt 0:00:37]} 17.
Ne2 {(Na4) [%eval 10,11] [%emt 0:00:44]} Rc8 {
(Bb4) [%eval -38,15] [%emt 0:00:39]} 18. b3 {[%eval 15,11] [%emt 0:00:53]} Nd6
{(Na3) [%eval -37,15] [%emt 0:00:29]} 19. Bd2 {[%eval 26,11] [%emt 0:00:40]}
Qb6 {(Qd8) [%eval -34,15] [%emt 0:00:28]} 20. Bf4 {
(Rc1) [%eval 29,11] [%emt 0:00:39]} Rac7 {(g5) [%eval -45,15] [%emt 0:00:30]}
21. Qd3 {[%eval 23,12] [%emt 0:00:38]} Nf6 {(g5) [%eval -46,15] [%emt 0:00:35]}
22. Rfc1 {(Rac1) [%eval 35,10] [%emt 0:00:37]} Rxc1+ {
[%eval -30,15] [%emt 0:00:51]} 23. Rxc1 {[%eval 32,12] [%emt 0:00:35]} Rxc1+ {
[%eval -34,16] [%emt 0:00:48]} 24. Nxc1 {(Bxc1) [%eval 33,12] [%emt 0:00:34]}
Nf5 {(Nfe4) [%eval -72,15] [%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Ne2 {
(Be5) [%eval 17,12] [%emt 0:00:34]} Nh4 {[%eval -74,14] [%emt 0:00:24]} 26. g3
{(a4) [%eval 6,12] [%emt 0:00:32]} Nxf3+ {[%eval -108,16] [%emt 0:00:28]} 27.
Qxf3 {[%eval -17,14] [%emt 0:00:32]} Ne4 {[%eval -86,17] [%emt 0:00:31]} 28.
Qd3 {(Kg2) [%eval -7,13] [%emt 0:00:30]} Qa5 {[%eval -51,14] [%emt 0:00:13]}
29. Qb1 {(Nc1) [%eval -7,12] [%emt 0:00:30]} g5 {[%eval -66,15] [%emt 0:00:37]}
30. Be3 {[%eval -9,13] [%emt 0:00:29]} g4 {[%eval -65,14] [%emt 0:00:28]} 31.
Kg2 {(Qc2) [%eval -2,12] [%emt 0:00:28]} Qc7 {
(Bd6) [%eval -74,14] [%emt 0:00:33]} 32. Qc1 {[%eval 13,12] [%emt 0:00:31]} Qd7
{[%eval -51,13] [%emt 0:00:27]} 33. Nc3 {(Nf4) [%eval 14,11] [%emt 0:00:29]}
Nd6 {[%eval -55,15] [%emt 0:00:48]} 34. Qd1 {(Bf4) [%eval 14,12] [%emt 0:00:28]
} h5 {[%eval -41,15] [%emt 0:00:28]} 35. Ne2 {[%eval 11,12] [%emt 0:00:25]} Ne4
{[%eval -60,15] [%emt 0:00:25]} 36. Nf4 {[%eval 55,14] [%emt 0:00:24]} Nf6 {
[%eval -41,15] [%emt 0:00:29]} 37. h3 {(f3) [%eval 59,13] [%emt 0:00:24]} Qb5 {
(Qc8) [%eval 0,14] [%emt 0:00:31]} 38. hxg4 {[%eval 90,13] [%emt 0:00:22]} hxg4
{[%eval 4,17] [%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Nd3 {[%eval 70,13] [%emt 0:00:22]} Qa5 {
[%eval 70,16] [%emt 0:01:01]} 40. a4 {[%eval 99,13] [%emt 0:00:22]} Qc3 {
[%eval 81,14] [%emt 0:00:21]} 41. Ne5 {[%eval 117,13] [%emt 0:00:21]} Bf8 {
(a5) [%eval 81,15] [%emt 0:00:19]} 42. Bg5 {
(Nxg4) [%eval 130,12] [%emt 0:00:21]} Bg7 {(Ne8) [%eval 81,16] [%emt 0:00:20]}
43. Bxf6 {[%eval 119,14] [%emt 0:00:19]} Bxf6 {[%eval 79,18] [%emt 0:00:18]}
44. Qxg4+ {[%eval 120,14] [%emt 0:00:20]} Bg7 {[%eval 78,18] [%emt 0:00:13]}
45. Qf3 {[%eval 120,14] [%emt 0:00:18]} Qc7 {[%eval 77,18] [%emt 0:00:17]} 46.
Qe3 {(Qe2) [%eval 122,13] [%emt 0:00:18]} Bxe5 {
(a5) [%eval 65,16] [%emt 0:00:14]} 47. Qxe5 {
(dxe5) [%eval 126,15] [%emt 0:00:18]} Qc2 {(Qc3) [%eval 75,18] [%emt 0:00:17]}
48. Qe3 {[%eval 118,14] [%emt 0:00:17]} Kf8 {(Qd1) [%eval 72,17] [%emt 0:00:11]
} 49. g4 {[%eval 120,14] [%emt 0:00:16]} Ke7 {(a5) [%eval 66,16] [%emt 0:00:16]
} 50. Kh3 {(Kg3) [%eval 126,14] [%emt 0:00:17]} a5 {
[%eval 59,15] [%emt 0:00:12]} 51. Kg3 {[%eval 123,14] [%emt 0:00:16]} f6 {
(Kd7) [%eval 54,15] [%emt 0:00:07]} 52. f3 {[%eval 95,13] [%emt 0:00:15]} Kf7 {
[%eval 36,16] [%emt 0:00:15]} 53. f4 {[%eval 87,14] [%emt 0:00:15]} Qb1 {
[%eval 42,15] [%emt 0:00:19]} 54. g5 {[%eval 65,13] [%emt 0:00:14]} Qc2 {
(Kg6) [%eval 35,15] [%emt 0:00:13]} 55. Kf3 {[%eval 0,12] [%emt 0:00:19]} Qh2 {
(Ke7) [%eval 18,14] [%emt 0:00:21]} 56. g6+ {[%eval 92,12] [%emt 0:00:13]} Ke7
{[%eval 18,16] [%emt 0:00:15]} 57. g7 {[%eval 63,13] [%emt 0:00:13]} Qh7 {
[%eval 27,16] [%emt 0:00:31]} 58. Qe1 {[%eval 26,12] [%emt 0:00:12]} Qh3+ {
[%eval 25,14] [%emt 0:00:18]} 59. Qg3 {(Ke2) [%eval 0,14] [%emt 0:00:30]} Qf1+
{[%eval -1,16] [%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Qf2 {[%eval 0,14] [%emt 0:00:12]} Qh3+ {
[%eval 0,16] [%emt 0:00:11]} 61. Qg3 {[%eval 0,15] [%emt 0:00:11]} Qf1+ {
[%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:00:16]} 62. Ke3 {(Qf2) [%eval 0,15] [%emt 0:00:11]} Qc1+ {
[%eval 0,17] [%emt 0:00:08]} 63. Kf3 {(Kf2) [%eval 0,15] [%emt 0:00:11]} Qd1+ {
(Qf1+) Draw accepted [%eval 0,17] [%emt 0:00:11]} 1/2-1/2
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