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Subject: Re: you make the call ....

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 16:43:56 02/22/06

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On February 22, 2006 at 19:33:08, Mike Byrne wrote:

>Today  I ran this little tournemant -- hoping it would help me decide which
>version of Crafty to run in CCT 8
>
>Standard Crafty 20.3 or Crafty 20.3 SE
>
>Crafty 20.3 SE essentaily has a modified search extension limiter (found in
>chess.h) and a 3 way null mover instead of the standard 2.(R may equal 2, 3 or 4
>-  dependng on search depth and pieces on the board.)
>
>I was hopping for a decisive result - playing a 3 way match between Standard
>Crafty 20.3, Crafty 20.3 SE and Glaurung-AMD64 (very nice program Tord!)
>
>   Engine           Score              Gl             Cr             Cr    S-B
>1: Glaurung-AMD64   14.5/28 ·············· ==00111=1==101 ==00=01100=1==  200.00
>2: Crafty 20.3b     14.0/28 ==11000=0==010 ·············· ==1=00=11=1==1  194.50
>3: Crafty 20.3b ORI 13.5/28 ==11=10011=0== ==0=11=00=0==0 ··············  193.00
>
>For blitz, this is very good Crafty result, Glarung is ranked right between Cm9K
>amd Cm10K default and between Ruffian 2.1 and Ruffian 2.02 and this higher than
>any Crafty currently on the CEFT blitz list.

 With the above results we can't conclude of course which Crafty is better. If
you play 14 more games and see rising some wider difference then considering the
short time left, not allowing more games you should choose that.....


>
>The dilemma a of course is that A beats B, B beats C and C beats A -- which
>Crafty do you go with for CCT 8 - B or C?

 Since we can't conclude nothing from the results, you should choose the one
that you think it played the best Chess(with focus to attacks) in this small
tournament.....



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