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Subject: Re: Nimzo, Crafty declining draws

Author: Chessfun

Date: 20:45:57 08/18/00

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On August 18, 2000 at 23:16:34, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On August 18, 2000 at 18:12:34, Alexander Kure wrote:
>
>>On August 18, 2000 at 18:03:07, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>On August 18, 2000 at 17:49:25, Alexander Kure wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 18, 2000 at 16:47:14, Chessfun wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>  I'm running Nimzo on a server and when the opponent offers
>>>>>a draw Nimzo throws up a dialog box saying Nimzo wants to play on.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now if the program is unattended and set automatically, once the
>>>>>draw offer is made Nimzo will throw up its dialog box then run out
>>>>>of time.
>>>>>
>>>>>If I set up and use crafty it don't do this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anyone have any idea what to add to Nimzo's config to prevent this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>This is a well known error and i am sorry there is nothing you can do against
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>Greetings
>>>>Alex
>>>
>>>Sorry Alex, but maybe there is. I had the same problem, but I found when I set
>>>the askhash=1 to 0, this never happened anymore.... this is with the WB version
>>>though, not the Chessbase interface...
>>
>>
>>As far as i know there is no connection between the "ask hash size" and the
>>"asking for draw" dialog.
>>You can simply test it by opening up a second connection as guest to icc and
>>play a game against the nimzo winboard version and offering a draw to it.
>>
>>Greetings
>>Alex
>
>
>I actually just tried it, once with askhash=1, and once with askhash=0. With the
>variable set to 0, Nimzo simple declined the draw, and kept playing...
>With it set 1 , I got a pop up stating it wished to continue...
>
>There must be some kind of a connection. The only thing different in the ini, as
>the setting Alexander gave me...


This isn't correct AFAIK.
What settings are you refering too?.

All askhashsz does is ask you to set it. 0 = default as my config,
therefore it accepts whatever hash size is set.
Other numbers askhashsz=2 for ex: winboard pop up change hash too?.

I have AskHashSz=0 the pop up happens when:
Nimzo winning and even sometimes when it is slightly worse.
If you are still in book then it may ignore it.
But it cannot be left unattended on a server.

Thanks.






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