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Subject: Re: About Ruffian time control: IMPORTANT!

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 17:39:30 11/08/02

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On November 08, 2002 at 00:53:14, Jouni Uski wrote:

>Have You checked Ruffian time use? (You can easily see how much total time it
>used
>under Fritz by browsing game.) According to my test Ruffian DON'T support second
>time control at all - and Per-Ola confirms this! That can be the explanation to
>quite bad result.
>
>Jouni

First - improper programming of the time control is not my problem , it's the
programmer's.  How am I supposed to know what time controls are supported by the
program?  As you noted, the program has a time control deficiency that should be
corrected.  That is what I don't like about the direction of chess programming -
more and more programs don't have opening logic, they don't have book logic,
they don't have endgame logic -- they are leaving that to the interface.

With that said, I examined all the draw and losses :

Of the 6 draws - they were all drawn or drawish by the 40the move.

Of the 9 losses, 2 appear to be the result of the time control programming
deficiency as noted by you above.  The other 7 losses were LOST by the 40th
move.

Michael




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