Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:30:00 11/01/99
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On November 01, 1999 at 22:08:04, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 01, 1999 at 19:44:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 01, 1999 at 18:00:41, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On November 01, 1999 at 15:35:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 01, 1999 at 14:11:23, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>> >>> >>>(snip) >>> >>>>>You could at least show some interest for Enrique's test and AT LEAST ask him >>>>>what he has done exactly. >>>>> >>>>>You can reject his results, but please get some information about what has been >>>>>done, so you have a basis for you claim. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christophe >>>> >>>> >>>>If you had _any_ idea of how many results I already have to study every day. >>>>How about 50+ games vs GM/IM/computers. _every_ day. My results keep me >>>>saturated... >>> >>> >>>You don't have to study the games. Just ask what the settings where and point >>>out what was so incorrect that Crafty lost on superior hardware with PB handicap >>>for the opponent. >>> >>>If you think your engine had some kind of problem just ask somebody to check the >>>moves. >>> >>>Or just accept the result. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >>I don't see how I could 'reject' the result. > >OK. > > > >> Whether that is the same result >>I would get using my hardware is another issue. > >Of course. We will try... > > > >> Enrique is pretty good about >>catching problems, as in the original "newgame" problem when Crafty first >>became a fritz engine. But whether the book he used is good or not is another >>issue altogether... Crafty plays certain types of positions well, because I >>play them well. I try to adjust the book a bit to encourage it to play those >>openings it tends to do well with, and avoid those where it might be out of its >>element. > >The same applies for Tiger. Enrique knows this and did not want the book problem >to be an artificial handicap for Crafty. That's why he has used a very small and >outdated book for Tiger. > > > >>That is one of the reasons I don't particularly like the Fritz GUI approach to >>life, because it sits between Crafty and the outside world, and does a lot of >>things by itself... > >What else except the book? > > > > Christophe I don't have any idea how the Fritz interface works, so that is impossible to answer. Early versions were bad. Maybe later versions are great. I have no way to know. I just have little faith in windows 95/98, as it seems to be very touchy in how it behaves and influences programs.
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