Author: Amir Ban
Date: 09:15:30 01/21/99
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On January 21, 1999 at 06:14:57, Jouni Uski wrote: >1. This is probably FAQ, but I have forgotten the answer: > What's search depth actually meaning in Junior? > It's a "half-ply" measure. Half of the depth (rounded up) is the brute force ply depth. Extensions are done by counting some moves as only half a ply, and sometimes even less, so that most "interesting" lines are longer, often much longer than the brute-force depth. >2. In my preliminary tests engine parameter "favour sacrifices" makes > Junior VERY fast in finding combinations! But what is this meaning in > engine actually? Is it changing move order or evaluation or is it > following exchange etc. lines more deeper? > "favour sacrifices" disables some pruning that tends to get rid of sacrifices. This will often (not always) cause sharp lines to be found faster. It's not the strongest playing mode. >3. I try to run Wcrafty 16.3 in Junior, but it won't run. Why? Included > version 15.18 works OK. I just copied eng file to engines folder and > I can select it, but then there was some error messages, which I have > forgotten. > Also I wonder if I can run Comet A.98 engine (from Chessbase) in Junior. > I got error messages, when trying... > They won't load properly unless they have the correct long filename. You probably unzipped them with a DOS UNZIP. Try using WINZIP, or just rename in Windows to the correct name. Amir
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