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Subject: Re: Crafty and single-computer winboard matches

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 22:02:53 10/05/99

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On October 06, 1999 at 00:43:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 06, 1999 at 00:13:52, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>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
>
>
>I play such matches all the time.  in xboard, check out the -fh -sh options.
>
>:)
>
>solves all the problems....
>
>:)


Yes, I know that Xboard (and even Winboard) can support multi-machine testing
via rsh, but not all of us have access to multiple machines.

Also consider that testing on 2 machines often introduces other inequalities
(different processor speeds, bus speeds, etc).


--Peter



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