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

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:27:49 02/22/06

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On February 22, 2006 at 22:04:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.
>>
>>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?
>
>
>It is actually even more complicated.  I found a bug in the forward pruning and
>fixed it today.  I am also currently running some tests to vary the extension
>amounts all over the place to find the strongest/fastest combination.  You can
>play what you want of course, since you volunteered.  :)
>
>I should have some fairly definitive data by tomorrow on the extension tuning
>issues, and will play a bunch of NUNN-type matches against 19.20 to compare...


I'll send you my minor changes and you can tell me what you think.

Thanks,

Mike



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