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Subject: Re: Suggestions for Crafty-testing!? SSDF

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 16:38:05 02/04/00

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On February 04, 2000 at 19:22:13, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On February 04, 2000 at 18:45:10, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Do you have any suggestions for the testing of Crafty for the next SSDF-list?
>>Book, hash etc. I think the best available book is Nimzo7.32. I have seen
>>recommendations for Fritz 5.32 General-book is it a better choice?

Unfortunately, whatever we choose can be critizised, with right or unright.

>Do you plan on using Crafty in the Fritz interface or something?  I wouldn't
>recommend this unless all the 'issues' have been worked out...

When?

I think the Nimzo book with learning is better than the Crafty-book, at least
against Computers.

>>All endgame-TB´s (Turbo-CD)
>
>If you use TBs from a CD, Crafty will get slaughtered when trying to probe them.
> Even on my HD, a bunch of probes slow it down a _ton_.
>
All on HD. I think Crafty is very efficient in the use of TB´s Much Better than
Nimzo and Hiarcs.

Bertil

>>Yes we know Crafty dislikes AMD K6-2. I have checked the speed against Enriques
>>P2-300 and my AMD450 is about 5-7 % faster.
>
>Yeegh.  That doesn't seem too good. :(
>
>>I have done some pre-testing (5-15m/game) and Crafty seems to be good to very
>>good.
>
>:)



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