Fernando Cristancho wrote:
Hi!
> I see, the discussion goes already far beyond my humble
> purposes. Thanks for the answers.
That happens sometimes :)
>> Fernando, is there a special feature in crafty why
>> you want to use this engine explicitly or could we
>> find a solution using an UCI engine of equivalent
>> features?
>
> There are two features that I like in crafty. First, yes,
> the "skill" option. Although I was not so hopeful since
> you have to set the skill level and then compile.
As Volker pointed out: you only set -DSKILL to enable the
code. After that you can just use the skill command sent to
the engine to set it's level. No need to recompile, and you
can even pass options to Crafty at startup.
> It is not a bar that you shift as in scid with phalanx.
This, however, is only a GUI for the same procedure as in
crafty (ie. it sends some commands to the engine).
> But of course, if xboard-machines were more compatible
> with the UCI ones, writing some additional code in crafty
> (and in scid, I guess)
Nope. A UCI engine or an xboard engine does not require
additional code within Scid. That's the nice thing about a
communication protocol :)
> to use it as a tactical (or serious) opponent could have
> been a nice scid-project.
These codes are a bit intertwined with the engines. Pascal
is the expert here. Probably he has some idea how to make
use of your findings?
> The other one is the possibility of having customized opening books.
Well, you can have this easily in Scid! Just add opening
books to Scid itself and use them for gameplay. The nice
thing on this level is, that all engines can use the books
you create for Scid. Currently, you've to use a PGN with the
moves as input and then polyglot to create an opening book
from your PGN. See Polyglots readme or the list archive
about this issue.
> I mean you can fix which openings you would like that
> crafty plays against you and in which percentage. I know,
> there are several pre-fixed opening books for example for
> fruit. Also for shredder. Or you can even choose the
> opening in scid. But all of this is definitly not the
> same. The crafty option helps a lot in training.
As I said above, you can have exactly this with a Scid
internal opening book.
[...]
> And why crafty? Serious game against fruit is too brutal for me. I play
> fruit only when I feel suicidal. Recently I acquired DeepShredder which
> allows you the skill option.
To my experience this one works very well. Unlike Volkers
comment about Rybka. Can you confirm this observation as
well?
> Again, thanks a lot. Sorry for the long answer.
This list is meant for discussion :)
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