Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:20:57 01/18/00
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On January 17, 2000 at 16:05:12, Jason Klotzer wrote: >Is it possible to setup Crafty to play people below 1800, actually at that >level. Not only to play them, but actually play at an u1800 level? If so, can >someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks! It is not real easy yet. But here are the things to play with: 1. "eval" command. Reduce the 'weights'. IE try zero, which means that things won't count at all. Or even go negative as someone has suggested before so that things are actually avoided (ie set the passed pawn weight to -50 and it will actually actively avoid creating a passed pawn.) 2. "extension" command can be used to disable things like in-check extensions, one-reply extensions, recapture extensions, etc. Setting them all to zero will weaken it tactically. 3. After the above, you are left with a program without a lot of positional sense, and without the ability to follow deep tactics. It will still be very dangerous to an 1800 player. The next step is to give time odds. You can use the "st" command to reduce the time per move, and you can use "ponder=off" to disable thinking on your time...
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