Author: James T. Walker
Date: 08:43:40 01/12/99
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On January 11, 1999 at 22:55:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 11, 1999 at 19:32:25, James T. Walker wrote: > >>I'm getting error messages like illegal move a1-a1 using Crafty 16.3 inside the >>Fritz 5.32 GUI. Is anyone else having this problem. Crafty 16.2 works fine and >>I'm happy the auto232 function works also with Crafty 16.x. Crafty seems >>cripled in this environement without it's own book and end game tablebases. So >>far (After 29 games at various time controls vs various opponents) its rating is >>about 110 points below F5/J5. A couple of games F5.32 won using the endgame CD >>in rook & pawn ending. I guess if it's a win with the CD it does not matter if >>the other program has it or not. >>Jim Walker > > >It really makes a difference... because fritz is stuck with the position >*before* it knows whether it is won or lost, while crafty probes deep in the >search and gets to choose where it converts to a KRP vs KR ending. It hardly >ever loses one (in fact it hasn't lost one in months that I know about) and it >often draws lost ones, and wins drawn ones because of this... Yes, I thought about that after putting up the post! I think it was a draw at one time with KRP vs krp. I think Crafty would have held the pawn and at least got the draw if it had access to tablebases. Jim Walker
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