Author: Richard A. Fowell
Date: 22:50:15 12/04/00
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On December 04, 2000 at 23:10:25, William Bryant wrote: >On December 04, 2000 at 22:28:20, Richard A. Fowell wrote: > >>I'm having some difficulty getting this started - in my trial runs >>(50 game matches) between: >> >>Screamer vs Sigma Chess >>Sigma Chess vs. Screamer 1.0b55 >>Vanessa Chess vs. Screamer ... >> >>I was unable to get any match to proceed through two complete games >>(and only the Vanessa Chess game got through the first game entire). >>Preliminary indication indicates that each game hung at some point where >>Screamer had made a move, but ExaChess didn't receive the move. >> >>I'm using ExaChess 2.1 Lite - is that any part of the problem? >>I can easily use the "Pro" version. >> >>-Richard > >Richard, > >See if the problem is related to Screamer searching longer after a fail low. >The new search code allows Screamer up to 5x more time if there is a significant >drop in the Search Score to try and recover rather than just making an inferior >move. > >I think the problem is related to ExaChess will only wait what it thinks is a >reasonable time period and then tries to reset. > >I have sent Rolf a message about this. > >I have a solution that I will send by private eMail. > >William >wbryant@ix.netcom.com I looked over Screamer's logs - in all cases where ExaChess hung up, Screamer had taken over 25 seconds in a 5 sec/move time control. I tried Game/5 min - same issue: as soon as Screamer took over 25 seconds, ExaChess froze. -Richard
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