Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:05:21 07/25/04
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On July 25, 2004 at 14:19:13, Ingo Bauer wrote: >Hi Peter > >>>Is this related to some *.rc mistake I made? >> >>Most probably not - it looks more like Crafty's infamous swindle mode ;) . >> >>Add >> >>swindle off >> >>to your crafty.rc file to avoid this feature. > >I should have asked you directly! > >If it is the swindle mode how can Crafty be sure that it is not doing something >wrong within the 5 piece Tbs. There is for sure absolutly NO acces to the HD >anymore. I see 99% CPU usage. Very simple. :) When I _start_ the search, I probe the tables after every root move and discover which moves are forced draws and which are forced losses (no forced wins or we would not be doing this.). I exclude all moves except those that lead to draws, and search just them. No way it can make a mistake, but it will choose the drawing move that gives the opponent chances to blunder... > >I doubt that there is a connection but I will add "swindle off". I see no sence >in that mode if I use "computer". Should'nt the engine switch off swindling (?) >automaticly. > >> >>>It is the Shredder Classic GUI I am using with WB-Protokoll I. >> >>Another comment. There are a few issues with the WinBoard support of Shredder >>Classic GUI (esp some interpretations what commands to send to engines) . You >>are probably better of with a WB2UCI Setup IMHO ( and no, I don't claim this >>will make a significant difference). > >Thats something you told me allready, but I could not see anything unusual up >till now and wanted to keep any "foreign" influence as minimal as possible. > >I am starting to dream of an easy UCI Crafty or at least for a common set of >ini-commands for WB-Engines but that is like asking for a WB-Fritz (which I woul >not use either)! :-( >The preparation with Crafty.rc for a non experienced WB user lasts as long as my >whole match! 4 days, and I still find some "unusual" behavior with that >configuration. If Crafty would not be the reference I would allready have dumped >it! > >A bit angry about all this *$%ยง > >Ingo Bauer
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