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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 Serious Question

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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