Author: Martin Giepmans
Date: 11:23:23 09/26/04
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On September 26, 2004 at 11:25:17, Tony Werten wrote: >On September 25, 2004 at 14:38:49, Martin Giepmans wrote: > >>On September 25, 2004 at 07:08:10, Tony Werten wrote: >> >>>The polling routine is ok. It will block while there is no input. >>> >>>My guess is that the problem is in your pondering. >>> >>>Do you have a sleep in your waiting function ? >>> >>>ie >>> >>>While not(oppo_made_move) do >>>begin >>> application.processmessages; >>> sleep(50); >>>end; >>> >>> >>>Tony >> >>The problem manifests with pondering off. But your idea is right! >>What I overlooked is that it is the main thread that should "sleep", not the >>polling thread. >>Thanks a lot! I owe you at least a few beers. ;) >> >>Btw, will you participate in the Dutch Open? > >Yes, you can hand over the beers then :) Elke will be there too. > >"XiniX dubbel" is not very strong yet in positional play, but it does nice >tacticly. ( Never had a program searching >1Mn/s) > >I still have some problems with the dual version however ( quite unstable >search), not easy testing on a single processor but I have a hyperthreading >machine to test on for the next few weeks. > >Also still have a problem with repetition checking. Quite annoying to see your >engine kill another and then repeat the position 3 times. I'm pretty sure the >problem is in the overlapping part of game history and searched plies. If the >kids keep quite I'll find it fast :) > >I'm thinking of adding some very dubious forward pruning I started playing with, >but I need more positional knowledge for that and I don't know if I have the >time for that. > >BTW still need an (Arena) openingbook !! If anyone feels up to it ? > >Tony > Those beers will have to wait, Tony, because I will not participate in the Dutch Open. I would like to but I have problems with my health (again) and such a tournament would be too tiring now. Perhaps the next tournament in Leiden, I'll keep the beers cold. ;) I've read on this forum that there are several good books for Arena. Can you use one of them? Anyway, good luck in Leiden, and a hug for Elke and the kids. Martin > > >> >>Cheers, >>Martin
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