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Subject: Re: Help with Crafty in Junior/Nimzo99 GUI---- Please

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 16:20:07 12/24/98

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On December 24, 1998 at 18:59:02, blass uri wrote:

>
>On December 24, 1998 at 14:08:35, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On December 24, 1998 at 10:38:08, Ralph E. Carter wrote:
>>
>>>On December 24, 1998 at 09:28:48, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello anyone !
>>>>I would like someone to run the position I listed and give me the times for
>>>>troubleshooting purposes... I have been told that the times I get indicate
>>>>something is wrong with my computers / setup.  Anyone with Junior5/Nimzo99 can
>>>>run this in a couple of minutes.  Run at Game/25 please.
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Jim Walker
>>>
>>>PII-300 game/25, crafty
>>>
>>>Mate in:  Time under CB interface:
>>>#7/18               57
>>>#6/12               40
>>>#5/12               39
>>>#4/9                38
>>>#3/9                37
>>>#2/3                34
>>>#1/3                34
>>>
>>>PII-300 game/25, crafty
>>>
>>>Mate in:    Time under Winboard:
>>>#7/18                1
>>>#6/12                0
>>>#5/12                0
>>>#4/9                 0
>>>#3/9                 0
>>>#2/3                 0
>>>#1/3                 0
>>>
>>>It would appear that Crafty runs a little slower under the CB interface.
>>>Who told you that this was caused by a hardware problem?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>Thanks Ralph,
>>I needed that !  I've even unloaded my Nimzo99 and reloaded it to see if that
>>helped.  My times are very similiar to yours.  I believe this indicates the
>>problem is with the GUI's and not my computer.  It's a shame what it does to
>>Crafty since this has to  affect the performance in fast time control games.
>>Happy Holidays,
>>Jim Walker
>The question is if it has serious affect on the results of crafty in fast time
>control games
>
>If it is slower only in cases when it sees mate because it feels duty for
>unclear reason to use its time but not all its time then it has no affect on the
>results of crafty and the only affect is that crafty wins slower when it finds
>mate.
>
>If you can prove that crafty can lose on time when there is a mate in the board
>or that crafty is slower in a position when it does not see a forced mate then
>this problem realy affect the performance of crafty in fast time controls
>
>Uri
>
>Uri
Hello Uri,
I think the real question is - Why has Crafty been changed to cause this kind of
wasted time??  As you can see, under winboard it works as "intended".
Jim Walker



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