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Subject: Re: Which is the best crafty?

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 03:38:03 01/28/02

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On January 28, 2002 at 06:22:20, Benny Antonsson wrote:

>On January 28, 2002 at 06:19:36, Tina Long wrote:
>
>>On January 28, 2002 at 06:12:03, Benny Antonsson wrote:
>>
>>>On January 28, 2002 at 05:24:43, pavel wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 28, 2002 at 05:21:16, Benny Antonsson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Isn't pondering part of the strength in an engine ?
>>>>
>>>>well disabling all of them, should effect all of them the same manner.
>>>>Besides on a single cpu Ponder=off is the best.
>>>>
>>>>pavs
>>>What I mean is that the pondering routines could be changed from version to
>>>version ?
>>
>>Hi guys,
>>While what Benny says may well be true, Dr Bob says, and always has said (AFAIK)
>>"ponder Off".
>>
>>So I support Pavel's settings.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Tina
>Agreed... and since the test is run on a single computer, the pondering should
>absolutely be off

IIRC, when running on one machine, Bob thinks "ponder on" is the less
evil alternative...

Ralf



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