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Subject: Re: Crafty and single-computer winboard matches

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 21:13:52 10/05/99

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On October 05, 1999 at 23:46:21, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On October 05, 1999 at 23:17:17, Peter Kappler wrote:
>[snip]
>>Fair enough, I respect your decision, but then I think you should be willing to
>>bite your tongue when people post their 'ponder=off' Winboard tournament
>>results...
>
>I don't think he is obligated to:
>
>0.  Program crafty the way others want it (myself included)
>
>1.  Keep quiet if it is used improperly
>

I guess my point is that playing Winboard matches with ponder=off really
shouldn't be considered "improper" use of the engine.


>Crafty comes with source.  *YOU* can alter it to make it do whatever you would
>like.  In fact, I have done so myself.  I do lots of really screwy things like
>make stupid opening books, etc.  So I made some changes to accomodate my idiocy.

> Or alternatively, write an engine that does exactly what you want.

Thanks, I have already done this - and my desire to have it play "proper"
winboard matches against Crafty is one of the reasons I responded to Bob's post.

--Peter



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