Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:54:17 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 01:50:15, Richard A. Fowell wrote: >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 This should also be a problem with Crafty then, as it will take 5x or longer in critical positions...
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