Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:30:47 11/22/04
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On November 23, 2004 at 01:11:10, Ray Banks wrote: >On November 22, 2004 at 23:20:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>I use ponder-on all the time, one cpu or not... If both engines ponder, each >>gets 1/2 the processor, and that doesn't disrupt normal time allocation... > >Why does everyone use ponder off then on their tourneys? > >I've previously been told that with a single processor you can't guarantee each >engine will get 50%, therefore to use ponder off. engines that ponder often do not ponder all the time. They ponder only most of the time and they may not ponder when there is a single move or when they are in book and engines that ponder in these cases have bigger advantage relative to their advantage in real games. Uri
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