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

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 17:09:11 09/07/04

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On September 07, 2004 at 19:35:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.

Only in your mind.



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