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Subject: Re: SSDF(Shredder 8 - Crafty 18.12)A1200, 2½-½

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 15:17:47 05/27/04

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On May 27, 2004 at 17:51:33, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On May 27, 2004 at 16:26:36, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2004 at 16:14:21, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>
>>>On May 27, 2004 at 15:25:01, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 27, 2004 at 15:04:03, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 27, 2004 at 11:14:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 27, 2004 at 08:47:04, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just a quick note.  Something is going _terribly_ wrong with Crafty's
>>opening >>>>book.  It will _never_ play 1. c4 with white.  And it will never
>>play 1. ... c5 >>>>against 1. e4.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any idea what book is being used???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>They can not use the Crafty book with a Chessbase native engine.
>>>>>The Book is probably the General.ctg book from Fritz 5.32/Fritz 6.
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think they can with proper setup.  IE tell the GUI to not access its book
>>and >>just call Crafty.  Crafty has its own book code and should then be able
>>to >>access its normal book just fine.  At least others have claimed this
>>works. >
>>>
>>>I don't think this works. You can not set a Book path in the Engine
parameters >>>tab.
>>
>>
>>There must be a default path.  Just look where crafty is writing it's logs
and >>pgn files.  If the book is in that directory, crafty should pick it up.
>
>Unfortunately Chessbase Crafty has no logs or pgn files. It doesnt have
position >learning as well. I would assume the book code is removed.



I would consider such a version of a program as crippleware.  They don't
(can't) do that with commercial programs.  Who knows what else they've ripped
out?

How can one then trust SSDF results with crafty?




>
>>
>>
>>>Of course you can use book.bin with Wb2Uci method, maybe also with the
>>Chessbase >WB-adapter.
>>>
>>>Michael
>>>
>>>I'm
>>>>not a windows nor chessbase user or expert of course...



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