is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ?

[parabola]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: parabola am 14. November 1999 23:47:45:
hi..
i wanted to ask, is it possible to tell crafty or any other good
winboard engine (or under other prog not winboard) to play each
move in e.g. 0.1 seconds or other short time less than 1 second?
and to see its clock actually goes down by 0.1 ?
i'd like to try give me infinite time and crafty 0.1sec per move..
or more complex time control question, is it possible to set a 1 0
game (1 minute for each side) against crafty and force crafty to
make all its moves in no more than e.g. 0.1 second ? if can do it
and also can make it play online like this.. it can be very
frustrating for a human to play 1 0 against this i'd say..?
i don't have winboard etc right now.. please answer if i can do it
or what other prog can do it.. any comment'd be great.. thanks a lot..

[Pete Galati]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Pete Galati am 15. November 1999 00:09:11:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ? geschrieben von:/posted by: parabola am 14. November 1999 23:47:45:

hi..
i wanted to ask, is it possible to tell crafty or any other good
winboard engine (or under other prog not winboard) to play each
move in e.g. 0.1 seconds or other short time less than 1 second?
and to see its clock actually goes down by 0.1 ?
i'd like to try give me infinite time and crafty 0.1sec per move..
or more complex time control question, is it possible to set a 1 0
game (1 minute for each side) against crafty and force crafty to
make all its moves in no more than e.g. 0.1 second ? if can do it
and also can make it play online like this.. it can be very
frustrating for a human to play 1 0 against this i'd say..?
i don't have winboard etc right now.. please answer if i can do it
or what other prog can do it.. any comment'd be great.. thanks a lot..

I'd recommend getting Winboard, you won't regret it, it's a liitle bit hard to get set up at first but there's plenty of help available.
With Crafty you could add something like st=1 to the Crafty.rc file and this will limit Crafty's search time to 1 second. Make sure that you get hold of the Crafty.doc file because that has important info for you in a rather extensive sort of way.
For Chess interfaces, I think both Bringer and GNUchess for Windows 95 probably both have ways to limit search time, you'd have to check, they're both good programs.
Pete

My page

[Nicolás Carrasco]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolás Carrasco am 15. November 1999 04:53:42:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ? geschrieben von:/posted by: parabola am 14. November 1999 23:47:45:
It can be set to secconds, but it is possible to set it to 1/10 or 1/100 second by putting a search default depth.

hi..
i wanted to ask, is it possible to tell crafty or any other good
winboard engine (or under other prog not winboard) to play each
move in e.g. 0.1 seconds or other short time less than 1 second?
and to see its clock actually goes down by 0.1 ?
i'd like to try give me infinite time and crafty 0.1sec per move..
or more complex time control question, is it possible to set a 1 0
game (1 minute for each side) against crafty and force crafty to
make all its moves in no more than e.g. 0.1 second ? if can do it
and also can make it play online like this.. it can be very
frustrating for a human to play 1 0 against this i'd say..?
i don't have winboard etc right now.. please answer if i can do it
or what other prog can do it.. any comment'd be great.. thanks a lot..

UruChess Official Web Site

[parabola]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: parabola am 15. November 1999 11:10:30:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ? geschrieben von:/posted by: Nicolás Carrasco am 15. November 1999 04:53:42:

It can be set to secconds, but it is possible to set it to 1/10 or 1/100 >second by putting a search default depth.

okay i'm downloading crafty and winboard now..
how to set it to 1/10 second per move exactly ?
thanks..

[Andrew Tanner]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Andrew Tanner am 15. November 1999 19:53:05:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ? geschrieben von:/posted by: parabola am 14. November 1999 23:47:45:

hi..
i wanted to ask, is it possible to tell crafty or any other good
winboard engine (or under other prog not winboard) to play each
move in e.g. 0.1 seconds or other short time less than 1 second?
and to see its clock actually goes down by 0.1 ?
i'd like to try give me infinite time and crafty 0.1sec per move..
or more complex time control question, is it possible to set a 1 0
game (1 minute for each side) against crafty and force crafty to
make all its moves in no more than e.g. 0.1 second ? if can do it
and also can make it play online like this.. it can be very
frustrating for a human to play 1 0 against this i'd say..?
i don't have winboard etc right now.. please answer if i can do it
or what other prog can do it.. any comment'd be great.. thanks a lot..

go to Mr. Big Man's page: http://www.latech.edu/~dad004/crafty.htm
The following is reprinted from his page and should answer your question:
"A new feature is that crafty can be set to move in increments of 0.01. Crafty recognizes
st=0.07 to mean "search time = 0.07 seconds" and sd=3 to mean "search depth = 3
ply". Crafty will still ponder, and if it has pondered this for the required amount of
time, and is faced with the move it has predicted, naturally the reply will come
instantly, but when the opponent does not make the pondered move, crafty will start
over and calculate for the prescribed amount of time/depth. "
Based on my experience the following ratings will apply:
sd=1 will play at a 1500 blitz level.
sd=2 will play at a 1700 blitz level.
sd=3 will play at a 1900 blitz level.
sd=4 will play at a 2100 blitz level.
sd=5 will play at a 2200 blitz level.

[parabola]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: parabola am 17. November 1999 09:55:56:
Als Antwort auf:/As an answer to: Re: is it possible to set crafty to 0.1sec/move ? geschrieben von:/posted by: Andrew Tanner am 15. November 1999 19:53:05: