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Subject: Re: My early observations.

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 20:59:56 07/18/04

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On July 17, 2004 at 18:13:35, Graham Banks wrote:

>On July 17, 2004 at 16:46:08, Chris Taylor wrote:
>
>>On July 17, 2004 at 15:49:29, Norm Pollock wrote:
>>
>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:24:04, Chris Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.chessbase.com/download/engines/crafty/crafty1915.zip
>>>>
>>>>I will know buy Fritz 9, when it comes out.
>>>
>>>I advise people to test it against the 19.15 winboard version with the wb2uci
>>>adapter. If you use the best winboard compilation for your computer, you
>>>probably will do better than the chessbase version.
>>
>>
>>Test it with Arena or ChessPartner as a winboard engine, Wcrafty 19.15!  Then
>>give it a chance, say a couple of hundred games.  Then come back and say X is
>>better than Y.....
>>
>>IMHO YMMV
>>
>>GBFN
>>
>>Chris.
>
>
>When using wcrafty under Fritz with the wb2uci setup, Crafty always lagged
>before the thinking process started each move, losing valuable seconds each
>move. Also, the time spent on each move within the time control was consistent
>to within a few seconds.
>Using the CB version, neither of these things occur and I'm much happier.
>Bottom line - next time I'll wait the little while longer for the CB version and
>I'd advise other Fritz users to do the same.
>Graham.

I agree - Chessbase native Crafty works best under Chessbase.



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