Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:15:07 02/04/99
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On February 04, 1999 at 08:22:06, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On February 04, 1999 at 08:13:52, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>On February 04, 1999 at 07:37:11, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On February 04, 1999 at 06:25:11, CLiebert wrote: >>> >>>>Fritz-Crafty16.4-Engine: 4-CPU-Version / Support of Tablesbases >>>> >>>>Die neue Version von Crafty 16.4 bietet auch unter Fritz interessante neue >>>>Möglichkeiten, s. Titel. >>>>Hier das Readme von Chessbase, Download in Kürze über die CB-Homepage. >>> >>>I don't see it there yet, but let me tell you that the results I am getting with >>>this Crafty 16.4 are much, much better than with 16.1 and 16.3. It feels like a >>>different engine altogether, even on a single processor machine like mine. >>> >>>Enrique >>> >>I am curious - please tell some results! > >A have few and as always I get carried away with first impressions. :( > >Anyway, Junior 5 used to be Crafty's nightmare: 8.5-1.5 against 16.1 and 8-2 >against 16.3, and 16.3 did not clear hashtables as a Fritz engine. Instead, >Crafty 16.4 is beating J5 3.5-2.5. In other words, it is scoring in 6 games as >many points as the other Crafties in 20 games. 16.4 is playing much sharper than >before and is also quicker in tactics. > >I know I need more games and more opponents, but the first impression couldn't >be better. Now, imagine 16.4 on a dual pentium, or a quad... > >Enrique I'm not sure 6 games means a lot... IE Crafty played a match vs Phalanx last week on one of the servers, where I had a big hardware advantage, and I watched Crafty lose the first 4 games in a row, before it won 24 in a row. Statistically unexpected, but it happens... And I don't have to 'imagine' how it does on a 'quad' I get to see it every day, and it is very dangerous. There is going to be a Crafty VS GM demo at a Linux conference somewhere in Europe. More details when I get 'em. The folks there are borrowing a quad xeon and are going to run crafty 'full-blown' with all the 5 piece tablebases (22.5 gigs, just like I run on ICC) and so forth. I have been noticing that I generally don't see less than 9 ply searches any more, even in fast blitz games...
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