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Subject: Re: Sensation: Crafty 17-10 v Fritz 6a Nunn 1 10 min/game 7 - 13

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 02:18:47 04/24/00

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On April 23, 2000 at 10:15:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 23, 2000 at 00:36:02, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>
>>As I originally thought Crafty 17-10 will not beat F6a
>>at Nunn 1, using blitz time controls in F6 interface with
>>pondering off.
>>
>>I have played 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 minute games.
>>If someone has a time control they say it will win at
>>please post it.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>
>And whether it wins or loses is really less important than playing it in a
>mode where it is really optimized to run:  ponder=on.  Turning that off really
>has a bad affect on the timing allocation, not to mention other things...

Sorry for such a dumb question ,but are there actually programs that are
designed to run with ponder=off or are the least hurt by it?

Anyone carried out some experiment to try and see how much ponder off reduces
the strenghts of various programs?



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