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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:53:56 12/16/99

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On December 16, 1999 at 12:35:42, billiau wrote:

>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.


But you were right anyway.  :)  "new" is just as bad as "quit" in this
case.  :)

Bob



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