Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:59:06 11/04/04
I have commenced the effort to put forth my interpretation of the best of Crafty for the year 2004. This modified Crafty will contain my interpretation of the best of Crafty 19.xx for the year 2004. It will have all the latest modified SE PB code, 4 new GM personalities ( 28 GM personalities in total) with a personalized book for each GM created that will play the openings that GM plays. So far, I have decided to add Kramnik and Leko -- I'm undecided about the other 2 GM personalities. Please let me know which other GM personalities you would like to see. They can be past or present, it helps if they were/are near the top. I would prefer not to add GMs under the age of 25 - Peter Leko just made it for my age requirement. I am also considering Vishy Anand but feel free to submitt anyone you would like to see. The code will not be from any one Crafty. I had narrowed the base down to between 19.12 and 19.8 -- and 19.8 won a 200 game tournament 61-40-99 (55%). I believe these earlier versions are stronger than the current Crafty 19.17 (just my opinion ). As a sanity check , I am now running this modified Crafty 19.8 (named Crafty Classic 2004 SE PB) against Crafty 19.17 . It is not only modified with the SE/PB code - I have also taken snippets of code from 19.12 and 19.17 that I believe "help" Crafty. So it is in essence a modified Crafty with SE/PB code but in standard personality it will be unlike any Crafty that exist today. Hence, the name "Crafty Classic 2004 SE PB" Whether it is better or not than Crafty 19.17 , I will let you decide. So far, the score after 103 games (tc control game/5 with 3 second inc) Crafty Classic is ahead of Crafty 19.17 48-17-38 (65%). After these short time control tests , I will also run some longer games against Chess Tiger, Rebel 12 , Ruffian and Deep Sjeng. Once the PC version is ready , I will work with the programmer who is now getting Pocket PC Crafty ready and we will have two engines for the Pocket PC - Pocket PC Crafty Classic and Pocket PC Crafty 19.17 SE PB in the same GUI. All these engine are either free or will be free and the direct result of Bob Hyatt making his Crafty source available for all. Finally , the Crafty Classic source will also be available all when complete. Anyone interested in Crafty Classic , please send me an email with the word "include" in the subject heading to be one of the first to get a copy. The current 200 subscriber do not need to re-apply - but if you did not receive Crafty 19.17 SE PB via email, you may want to re-subscribe. I purge the list regularly for any mail bounce backs. For the source, send me an email with the word "source" in the subject heading (it is not available yet but I will place you on the list). I will also post when available and there will be download links. Best, Michael Byrme
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