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Subject: Re: Bug in Crafty 16.13, If so, is there a Patch?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:30:48 09/03/99

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On September 03, 1999 at 03:02:44, Terry Ripple wrote:

>I've been using Crafty's 16.13 version from the Chessbase Site and so far i
>didn't experience a problem, but what is the problem i'am looking for, and what
>can i do to fix the problem if any exist? I recently received an email from a
>ccc member who said that he read from a post on here that states there is some
>sort of bug in this version!
> If so, would it be easier to just download the Crafty 16.16 version and would
>it be possible to install it in my engine's folder of Hiarcs or Fritz's inter-
>face like the 16.13 version from Chessbase?
>
>Thanks in advance for any information,
>Terry Ripple


The bug had to do with someone that was using a subset of the 5 piece
tablebases.  Crafty could, on rare occasions, call the probe code without
having initialized Eugene's code properly, and it would crash instantly when
it did.  16.16 and beyond don't have this problem at all.



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