Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 14:51:53 10/27/01
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On October 24, 2001 at 11:08:45, John Merlino wrote: >On October 24, 2001 at 10:04:01, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On October 24, 2001 at 04:44:18, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On October 23, 2001 at 22:22:38, John Merlino wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>>I believe that the default personality is usually not good for test positions >>>(espacially when there is a forced mate) and it is better to use bigger >>>selectivity. >>> >>>My experience showed that at least for chessmaster6000 ss=10 is better than ss=6 >>>for finding mates. >>> >>>Uri >> >>ss=10 means 10 plies of forward pruning. That's complete suicide >>in computer-computer games. > >This is pretty much what Johan has been saying all along. He has been open to >the POSSIBILITY that REALLY fast hardware might overcome a higher SS value, >given a long enough time control. But this is why the default for CM has been 6 >for so many years -- it is THE BEST value for all possible time controls on all >possible hardware combinations, according to Johan's testing. > >jm In the Dutch Championship Johan plays with a setting ss=9 Ernst.
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