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Subject: Re: THE GAME: Chessmaster/Quark

Author: Stephen A. Boak

Date: 00:35:56 05/26/01

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On May 25, 2001 at 13:35:18, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 25, 2001 at 02:38:45, Vine Smith wrote:
>
>>On May 24, 2001 at 17:59:25, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On May 24, 2001 at 03:06:57, Vine Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>A question about analyzing with the King -- apparently, analysis can only be
>>>>done by the default Chessmaster personality, so I can get only the default 1 MB
>>>>of hash? Can I change this somehow? If I adjust the "ttable" variable in >cm.ini, it just immediately gets set back to 0 by the program.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Vine Smith
>>>
>>>Two comments:
>>>
>>>1) You can "analyze" with any personality, including WinBoard engines (if they
>>>support the "analyze" command. Just make the personality that you want to
>>>analyze one of the players in the game, and set the time control to "Infinite".
>>>That should do the trick.
>>>
>>>2) You can change the hash table size of the Chessmaster personality (for
>>>analysis/mentor features only!) by editing the CM.INI file and adding the
>>>following:
>>>
>>>[mentor]
>>>ttable_size=N
>>>
>>>where 'N' is the number of MEGABYTES you want to allocate for the hash table.

What CM8000 patch version(s) will this work with?

What about overnight game analysis?  How can I analyze a game using, say, 64 or
128MB HT--is this possible?

Thanks,
--Steve

>>>
>>>The old "ttable" entry is no longer used (and actually gets deleted if you
>>>create one).
>>>
>>>jm
>>Thanks! I'll go with the second option, since I prefer using the analysis
>>window.
>>Regards,
>>Vine Smith
>
>Both options can be used with the Thinking Lines window (even simultaneously!).
>If you are using a personality other than Chessmaster (e.g. by making that
>personality one of the players in the game), just check the appropriate "White"
>or "Black" checkbox in the Thinking Lines window, and you can see that
>personality's analysis.
>
>jm



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