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Subject: Suggestion--CM Game Analysis: Show thinking time each move

Author: Stephen A. Boak

Date: 08:47:34 02/03/01


CHESSMASTER CMxxxx SUGGESTION--

Show total thinking time taken by CM8000, move by move, in Game Analysis, using
HH:MM:SS.DD format (maybe .DD is not necessary).  This info should be saved with
the rest of the Game Analysis.

Some programs provide this; some do not.

On occasion, some strong programs use minimal time to analyze a specific move,
and the reported Eval and PV are based on a limited think time.  Sometimes the
Eval and PV suffer due to this limited think time.

I am not sure how, or how well, CM8000 allocates its thinking time when a
certain average seconds per move has been selected (speaking in general, since
the upcoming patch will fix some time control bugs); however, it is easier to
spot and interpret such special situations when the time is shown.

Also, when I wish to compare the analysis of two or more programs for a specific
move, I like to duplicate the analysis time on the second or third program, to
ensure a fair equivalent time has been used.

Thanks,
  --Steve




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