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Subject: Re: Has anyone done a Crafty version tournament?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:35:06 09/07/04

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On September 07, 2004 at 18:15:54, David Dahlem wrote:

>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


Fine.  Let's meet up on a Karate mat one afternoon.  BTW you _do_ have your
black belt, right?  Because if we meet on the mat, it _must_ be fair since we
both will be using the same rules and equipment.  :)

Your statement is simply flawed.



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