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Subject: Re: ExaChess Tourney - starting pains.

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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