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Subject: Re: A new feature for crafty

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:53:26 06/08/04

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On June 08, 2004 at 14:22:44, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>On June 08, 2004 at 13:57:38, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>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
>
>In the meantime I checked: Arena sends to Crafty only my name
>but not my Elo... ((
>
>White(1): name Szalai, M.
>Crafty 19.13 vs Szalai,
>White(1): time 180500
>time remaining:  30:05 (crafty).
>White(1): otim 180500
>time remaining:  30:05 (opponent).


Most of the xboard stuff is stuff I either wrote and sent to Tim Mann, or else
stuff I asked him to write himself.  IE the "name", "rating" and so forth.  They
are certainly useful and I use the rating to adjust draw contempt, etc...



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