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

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:41:43 02/03/01

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On February 03, 2001 at 11:47:34, Stephen A. Boak wrote:

>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

A good suggestion, but probably a bit too late to get into the patch. I'll let
the development team know, and maybe you'll get lucky. :-)

jm




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