Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:06:11 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 00:22:04, John Merlino wrote: >Here's the scoop for all of you who have noticed/complained/been concerned about >how CM8000 is using its time. > >1) There WAS a bug in the implementation of the "Seconds per Move" time control. >It has already been fixed and will be included in the patch. > >2) There IS a bug in the implementation of the "Moves per Minutes" time control. >The development team is currently attempting to fix it and is certain that a fix >will be in the patch. > >Both of these bugs were on the GUI side and are NOT believed to have anything to >do with Johan's engine. > >3) The minimum setting for the Hourglass time control was raised to 30 seconds. >The old minimum of 5 seconds was just too ludicrous. > >4) The documentation refers to the old "Equal Time" time control which existed >in CM7000 and before. This time control was removed for CM8000 and does not >exist in the program. > >Those of you who have mentioned problems with the Fischer or "Minutes per game" >time controls are mistaken. The development team is 110% confident that these >time controls are accurate. > >Can't wait to hear your comments..... ;-) > >jm Hello John, Of course I believe what you say. I tend to agree that the Fischer or Mim/game are not a bug. However I must say that the use of time by ChessMaster on those levels is very conservative. If I was looking for something wrong I would look at the "Pondering" time. I think ChessMaster is not giving itself enough credit for correctly predicting the opponents moves. In fact it looks like it's not taking any credit for this. It will be a very nice program when the exterminators are finished. Jim
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