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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 Serious Question

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 09:59:54 09/09/02

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On September 09, 2002 at 11:17:12, David Dahlem wrote:

>On September 09, 2002 at 09:41:09, Dana Turnmire wrote:
>
>>When Chessmaster 8000 first came out there were quite a few posts on it but
>>after a period of time they tapered off as it seems to be the case with any new
>>version of chess software.  I'm sure the same will be true with CM9000.
>>
>>The question is in CM8000 there was a problem with two engines running at the
>>same time slowing down each other and hurting the playing strength.  Even the
>>SSDF team was confused about the settings and had to restart their testing
>>because of this.  I don't remember the details but when running a tournament
>>between two personalities with the thinking lines open in CM9000 I notice that
>>both engines are analyzing at the same time.  Any possibility one engine could
>>be using the CPU slowing the other engine down?
>>
>>Sorry if it is a dumb question.
>
>I think if you check the settings of these two personalities, you'll probably
>see that they ponder by default.
>Regards
>Dave

The reason I was asking is I am currently running a 50 game match between
Chessmaster default versus Chessmaster default with a selective search of 7 at
40/120 time controls.  I was wondering if ponder on would taint the results.



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