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Subject: Re: Crafty and pondering

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 01:37:55 07/20/04

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On July 20, 2004 at 04:27:26, Peter Berger wrote:

>On July 20, 2004 at 04:19:14, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>     Hi Graham
>>     Is this a further proof that there is a significant
>>     difference in playing strength of Crafty between
>>     ponder=on/ponder=off. Should this indeed be the case
>>     it would perhaps be better to cancel Crafty 19.15 SE
>>     in our coming AT 2004 tournament. I do not like to
>>     produce bad results for an engine when it is known
>>     that our playing conditions (ponder=off) do handicap
>>     Crafty.
>>     Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com]
>
>Volker Pittlik did an experiment some time ago:
>http://www.pittlik.de/winboard/ponder.html
>
>I don't know a good reason why Crafty should be more handicapped by ponder=off
>than other engines. If I were you I'd just start with the tournament - there
>will always be other possible setups that some will prefer.

     Hi Peter
     Your arguments and Volker Pittlik's test have
     convinced me. Crafty 19.15 SE will participate
     in our AT 2004 tournament.
     Kurt



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