Author: David Dahlem
Date: 15:15:54 09/07/04
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On September 07, 2004 at 15:25:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 07, 2004 at 14:26:10, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On September 07, 2004 at 13:29:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 07, 2004 at 12:26:59, David Dahlem wrote: >>> >>>>On September 07, 2004 at 11:46:59, Axel Schumacher wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 07, 2004 at 10:38:25, Cliff Sears wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Has anyone done a tournament Crafty's to see if maybe one of the older versions >>>>>>may be better than the newer versions? >>>>>> >>>>>>I seem to recall someone awile ago saying they thought Crafty 18.13 was one of >>>>>>the best. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Here the Crafty-Version I tested in my Tournament (after 133.000 games, Blitz): >>>>> >>>>>Crafty 16.1 2539 94 >>>>>Crafty 17.13 2646 867 >>>>>Crafty 17.14 2627 125 >>>>>Crafty 18.10 2651 665 >>>>>Crafty 18.12 2657 359 >>>>>Crafty 18.13 2585 231 >>>>>Crafty 18.14 2625 242 >>>>>Crafty 18.15 2632 327 >>>>>Crafty 19.00 2486 117 >>>>>Crafty 19.01 2616 304 >>>>>Crafty 19.03 2640 350 >>>>>Crafty 19.03 Nimzovich 2427 15 >>>>>Crafty 19.03 Petrosian 2662 48 >>>>>Crafty 19.03 Stein 2668 198 >>>>>Crafty 19.04 Fischer 2685 231 >>>>>Crafty 19.04 Stein 2672 136 >>>>>Crafty 19.04b Stein 2615 47 >>>>>Crafty 19.05 2634 80 >>>>>Crafty 19.06 2646 110 >>>>>Crafty 19.07 2628 92 >>>>>Crafty 19.07 SE 2610 57 >>>>>Crafty 19.08 SE 2630 89 >>>>>Crafty 19.09 2652 143 >>>>>Crafty 19.10 CCT6 2663 126 >>>>>Crafty 19.11 2643 105 >>>>>Crafty 19.12 2627 302 >>>>>Crafty 19.13 2632 196 >>>>>Crafty 19.14 2616 259 >>>>>Crafty 19.14 nonsmp 2586 108 >>>>>Crafty 19.15 2672 373 >>>>>Crafty 19.17 2621 70 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Cheers >>>>>Axel >>>> >>>>Hi Axel >>>> >>>>Which build of Crafty 19.17 did you use in this test? I am currently testing two >>>>builds by Peter Skinner, an all-processor build, and a build optimized for a P3. >>>>Both versions surely seem to be doing much worse than previous versions. :-( >>>> >>>>Regards >>>>Dave >>> >>> >>>You need to be sure and clear position learning files before a match, and be >>>sure that the two versions use different book.bin files or learning will >>>definitely be broken. >> >>Thanks. But i am not testing one Crafty version against another Crafty version. >>I am testing against different engines. And i don't use the Crafty book. I use a >>custom pgn book with the Arena pgnbook option, so both engines play both sides >>of each fairly equal line. >> >>Dave > > >Different flaw then. Crafty has learning code. You are playing without using >it.... What difference would the book make since if a commercial program plays >against crafty in a real tournament, crafty will _not_ be using some half-baked >book that might not fit its playing style very well? > >However, I only care about "best" vs "best" myself, others might be interested >in some other sort of comparison, but I will never play in a WCCC event without >having a reasonable book, so any other kind of match won't give much useful >information IMHO... Well, it's just my personal opinion, but if both engines are using the same book, in fact, play both sides of each line, then it's a fair match. :-) Regards Dave
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