Author: David Dahlem
Date: 10:50:31 09/09/02
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On September 09, 2002 at 12:59:54, Dana Turnmire wrote: >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. I don't think the results would be tainted, since both engines would be pondering. Dave
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