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Subject: Re: Crafty 17.04 running the gauntlet, Rd. 6-16

Author: billiau

Date: 09:35:42 12/16/99

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On December 16, 1999 at 06:54:11, billiau wrote:

>On December 16, 1999 at 04:51:54, CLiebert wrote:
>
>>Crafty 17.04 running the gauntlet
>>
>>Cel. 525Mhz, 4m2s, unique-gm-book
>>
>>reading example (!)
>>Junior 1½11 = 3,5 : 0,5 for junior
>>
>>against professionals
>>
>>Junior 6.0    1½111 01111 111½01  like a wall for crafty, again and again...
>>Junior 5.0    1½½10 11110 1
>>Nimzo 7.32    ½11½1 111½1 011½01
>>Nimzo '99     00010 10½01 0	clear win for crafty!
>>Fritz 6       ½½1½½ 00111 11½½1½  crafty always has suprisingly good chances
>>Fritz 5.00    11101 01010
>>Fritz 5.32    0½½1½ ½½010 	sum it up: its a win for crafty!
>>Hiarcs 7.32   0½011 ½½101 100½11
>>#
>>against amateurs
>>#
>>LG2000 V2.0   01000 1001½ ½1½111  LGs gets better and better (learning, too!?)
>>Comet B11     ½1½11 10000 00000½0 comet starts dreaming, but the end was a
>>nightmare!
>>Anmon 5.03    00½½1 01010
>>TCB 0045      00½00 00½00 "T" doesn´t mean "titanic" here ;-)
>>
>>All over Crafty 17.04 seems to be stronger again. The race started
>>again: which is the best amateur-engine?
>>
>>First data input from Ch. Goralski:
>>25 Min./Game, 64 MB Hashtables, NUNN, Crafty mit
>>allen 4+5 Steinen Tablebases, K6-3-400 Mhz
>>
>>Crafty 17.04 vs. LG2000 V2.0 (+10 =2 -8) 11:9
>>(games on demand)
>>nearly one level (but may be lg has small a disadvantage not
>>using fritz native code and tablebases)
>>
>>TODAY:
>>Patzer 3.09 running the gauntlet at www.computerschach.de/forum
>
>Did you use the winboard adaptator to run crafty 17.04 ?
>I tried this with the fritz demo version and i noticed this :
>The crafty process is killed and run at each move.
>You can verify this by configuring crafty with log ON.
>It generates a new log file at each move.
>I consider this is a _BIG_ handicap.
>I am not sure it is the same with the engines delivered with the fritz product
>(some does not use the winboard adapator ?).
>However, crafty obtained (in my test) a very good score in blitz 4' with AMDK6-3
>450 (+5,-5 and 1 draw).
>Perhaps there is a way to configure fritz 6 to avoid running the process at each
>move.
>Fritz seems to analyze two plies deeper than crafty but crafty is very good in
>the finals.


A correction from my previous post :
The process is not killed and run at each move but the new command is sent to
the engine at each move.



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