Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:21:50 08/21/02
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On August 21, 2002 at 21:17:30, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On August 21, 2002 at 20:41:22, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>>On August 21, 2002 at 20:08:43, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>On August 21, 2002 at 19:23:36, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>>>[snip]
>>>>I once suggested (Winboard Forum) that someone should write pseudo code for
>>>>pondering under WB, but I was told that is not possible.
>>>
>>>0. Make your move normally.
>>>1. Stop accumulating time on your clock.
>>>2. Choose the current pm {make} {now on the opponent's time to think}
>>>3. "Analyze" that choice. We are now pretending to be the opponent.
>>>4. When the opponent gives you their response, unmake the pm move.
>>>5. Start accumulating time on the clock and perform 'go'.
>>>
>>>The whole idea is just to get some spiffy answers in your hash table.
>>>
>>>You might want to throw in some special cases for fail high and fail lows or
>>>something. Probably some smart people will fill in the stuff I have left out
>>>and what is wrong with this strategy.
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks, Dann. Looks like one unmakes even ponder hits and hopes the hash tables
>>shall remake the unmake. If one must unmake ??, then UCI wins here. A ponder hit
>>under UCI means turn off ponder flag and keep searching uninterrupted.
>
>Well, even if he makes the expected move, you still have to switch sides.
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Never mind this bit. I'm not sure what I was thinking, but the above comment
makes no sense.
> And
>if he makes an unexpected move, you have to account for that. So I think I do
>not understand your question.
>
>>BTW, I don't know what to do with "Stop accumulating time on your clock".
>>I don't use clocks. I simply accept the time left as reported to me by Winboard
>>before each move. So I can neither start nor stop accumulating anything.
>>So my approach is wrong ? !!
>
>The only reason to accumulate on your own clock is for cross checking purposes.
>I know lots of programs that always assume time numbers from Winboard are
>correct and do no counting of their own.
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