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Subject: Re: Ponder on/off

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 09:51:47 06/19/02

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On June 19, 2002 at 11:22:16, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>What do you think about
>
>1.)
>Playing engine-matches on a single CPU with ponder=on is nonsens?

You need to make sure both engines get an equal share of the
CPU. If they do, it's fair.

>2.)
>Playing engine-matches with ponder=off is in general nothing worth?

No. If both engines are well tested and work well with both pondering
on and off, then the exact setting used wont make a difference.

--
GCP



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