Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:31:42 12/21/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 15:33:15, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On December 21, 2001 at 10:34:22, Graham Laight wrote: > >>All my chess computers/programs only allow you to set time control per move to >>the nearest second. Even with "permanant brain" (where did THAT expression come >>from?) off, this still makes them too strong for an enjoyable game of chess. >> >>A nice simple idea - why not allow the player to specify the time in >>milliseconds? We could then level down the play by throttling off almost all of >>the computer's thinking time. I'm sure that they'd be much more fun to play >>against then. >> >>-g > >I had a program set up to play on ICC with 167 milliseconds per move, and no >thinking on the opponent's time. It played 5 0 only, was typically rated 2300, >and won matches with IM's. > >I had another one that thought for 20 milliseconds, and it was usually over >2000. > >That was as well as I could do given my machine's clock resolution. I think that you can get more than it if you use the number of nodes and other factors to get a good estimate for the time per move. Uri
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