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Subject: Re: About CHEST

Author: Heiner Marxen

Date: 10:56:21 09/18/02

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On September 18, 2002 at 13:17:26, F. Huber wrote:

>On September 18, 2002 at 01:12:15, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>I have tested UCI version and found, that program is unbelievable fast. I have
>>tested some EGTB positions to verify solution with Nalimov's! And they were
>>same.
>>But one question: is it possible to see any info about search depth and/or node
>>speed? Or should I only wait may be hours before anything is displayed?
>>
>>Jouni
>
>Hi Jouni,
>
>that´s really one problem, I´m also not very happy about with my ChestUCI.
>But the original ´Chest´ does NOT output ANY informations while thinking,
>and so also my UCI-interface has absolutely no chance to inform the GUI about
>the progress of the searching :-(
>
>If you really have no idea of ´how many moves to mate´, maybe it could help
>to start with a moderate number of ´SearchDepth´ (e.g. 5, 6,...) and increase
>this number by one whenever no mate has been found. So you could at least
>get ´some´ idea, how long the next calculation step would need.
>
>Maybe in the next version Heiner Marxen will implement ´some´ output info
>while thinking - at least the actual search depth would IMO not slow down
>the reallly fantastic seach speed.

I'm listening...  "I'll do my very best".

Unfortunately, the next version of Chest is delayed, but there is some chance,
that I offer a slightly extended version 3.19b, better suitable for ChestUCI.
I would announce that here, of course.

Cheers,
Heiner



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