Author: Robin Smith
Date: 15:21:11 09/10/02
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On September 10, 2002 at 11:30:52, Sandi Ordinario wrote: >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 Hi Sandi, Pondering on means the program will still think while it is the program opponents move. Pondering on makes the program stronger at all time controls. If you want the strongest setting against humans, pondering should always be on. People sometimes want to turn pondering off to: 1) make the program weaker 2) allow full use of the CPU for other tasks when it is not the programs move 3) allow two programs to play each other on a single CPU machine without the program not on move hogging CPU resourses from the program on move Robin Smith P.S. I think I know you from my time working at Agilent in San Jose. Say hi to Sam for me.
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