Author: Sandi Ordinario
Date: 08:30:52 09/10/02
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On September 09, 2002 at 16:17:09, John Merlino wrote: >On September 09, 2002 at 12:26:22, Sandi Ordinario wrote: > >>On September 08, 2002 at 21:20:26, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 08, 2002 at 19:55:01, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >>> >>>>On September 08, 2002 at 19:07:08, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>> >>>>>CM8K is ahead of CM9K by 1/2 game. Drawmaster Logan has not lost game! 3 rounds >>>>>to go. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Name Wins Draws Losses Games Score >>>>>Waitzkin 5 4 3 12 7.0 >>>>>Capablanca 3 0 9 12 3.0 >>>> >>>>This "Waitzkin" personality doesn't match the real man... and that "Capablanca" >>>>personality, isn't it drunk? >>>> >>>>A. Ponti >>> >>>Keep in mind that this is a G/5 tournament, in which anything can happen. Also, >>>if the default settings are being used, then the tournament is being played with >>>pondering on, so the engines are only getting <50% of the CPU. >>> >>>jm >> >>Hi Jim, >>I recently got my pre-ordered CM9000 and am happy about the performance on my >>PIII 900Mhz laptop. My question is how do you get the "pondering on" feature be >>off so that it would even perform stronger against humans like myself? Thanks. >>Sandi > >I assume you want to turn pondering OFF so that it will NOT be as strong against >humans? Correct? > >Either way, to turn pondering off, you need to create a copy of the personality >that you want to play against, and set pondering off in its settings. You can do >this by going to "Game -> Set Up Personality", then selecting the personality >that you want to copy with the "Select" button. After you have loaded that >personality, deselect "Pondering" and save the new personality with a name such >as "CM No Ponder". > >That should do the trick. > >jm Thanks, Jim The purpose of turning off "pondering" is to make it move faster playing Blitz. Is this right? However the trade-off maybe is that it will not select the best move. Sandi
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