Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:11:53 07/06/04
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On July 06, 2004 at 13:41:55, Pedro Beltran wrote: >On July 06, 2004 at 13:36:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 06, 2004 at 13:31:28, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On July 06, 2004 at 13:28:35, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote: >>> >>>>I would not be surprised to see Crafty win the WCCC. >>> >>>The chances are looking better for Crafty than Shredder or Fritz at the moment. >>> >>>Jorge >> >> >>Crafty can definitely play chess. But picking a favorite at the moment is way >>premature. Crafty's only advantage is that it has already drawn Shredder, which >>is the program that I consider the strongest player there. But it still has to >>deal with Junior tomorrow, and eventually Fritz and the rest. >> >>While it is playing well in my local testing, and at the WCCC, anything can >>happen. It could win, or it could still finish at the bottom. I'm just sitting >>back, watching, and letting Peter do his thing and deal with all the pressure. >>:) >> >>He was a bit unhappy with today's opening that looked very drawish, but Crafty >>played a decent endgame and it turned out to be a good choice using hindsight. >>Tomorrow will likely be an interesting game, for those that watched the wild >>slugfest between Crafty and Junior at the last CCT event. :) > >Hi Robert > >Which is the version of Crafty that is playing in WCCC 2004? > >Thank in advance > >Pedro 19.15. Almost the same as the released 19.14 version, but with an ugly null-move bug fixed that has been around for several months, plus a couple of time-control changes that only affect games played in text or console mode... might have been one more endgame fix as well if I recall. This will be released later this week...
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