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Subject: Re: A new feature for crafty

Author: Mihaly Szalai

Date: 10:57:38 06/08/04

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On June 08, 2004 at 12:43:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 08, 2004 at 11:24:03, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>Enable a user-defined list of accounts/opponents for which crafty will maintain
>>separate learning files.
>>
>>Another twist might be that such a list could designate a separate set of
>>"personality" settings for each opponent in the list.
>
>
>This is planned.  IE it already has a list that can be used to direct a specific
>named opponent to a particular "books.bin" type file.  IE I could create a
>special start book called "gambit.bin" to be used when playing "hyatt" and do
>this:
>
>list SO +hyatt gambit.bin
>
>This presumes that the "name" command is later used to identify the opponent,
>something that is automatic when running on a chess server.
>
>I plan to modify this command a bit, something like this:
>
>list SP +name book=filename  personality=filename etc.

That's what I always missed in Chessmaster.
Is it possible that Crafty would take into account the strength
of the opponent? Ie. when playing a lower rated player, it
would switch to a more risky style and vice versa.

I'm looking forward this new and exciting version of Crafty.
(You'll spare me 50 $ because I won't buy Chessmaster X ;))

Best wishes
Mihaly

>
>I have not thought of separate learning files and that is not easy to do as all
>learning goes into book.bin (book.lrn is irrelevant for playing chess, it is
>just for portability to other crafty users.)
>
>This is next on my list along with some of Mike's stuff.  However, I have been
>busy getting paperwork done and phone conversations completed with respect to
>getting hardware for the upcoming WCCC...



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