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Subject: Re: Test suite solving: keymove failhi- or resolve times?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:46:45 05/05/01

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On May 05, 2001 at 19:26:11, Paul wrote:

>Hi guys ...
>
>Ok .. I'm into testsuites now :) ... but what is the proper way to record the
>solution times? Do you take the time at which the keymove is found (the final
>fail high), or the one when the fail high research has finished and produced a
>new pv & score? Because there can be a big difference, eg. when you're at ply 13
>the research can take quite some time. Or is this a silly question?
>
>Groetjes,
>Paul


It depends on the engine.  The _right_ time is the time after which it would
play the right move.  IE for Crafty, if a move fails high at the root and
you see the Nxe4!! move displayed, it would play it _right then_ if time
ran out...   so the fail-high time is the time to use.  If a program won't
play the fail-high move without resolving the score, then you have to use the
time it needs to actually decide to play the move...



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