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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 hash table size

Author: John Merlino

Date: 10:36:53 06/10/03

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On June 10, 2003 at 04:50:36, rait wrote:

>On June 09, 2003 at 19:08:46, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On June 09, 2003 at 15:32:30, John Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>Page 16 of the Chessmaster manual says that the larger the memory for
>>>transposition tables the stronger and faster the play.  Yet the default setting
>>>for the Chessmaster personality is only 2mb.  Does anyone know it this is
>>>optimum?
>>
>>This is probably NOT the optimum. In general, the longer the average thinking
>>time for the engine to make a move, the larger the hash table should be. 32MB
>>should be more than enough for all games, unless you are planning on also doing
>>lengthy analysis.
>>
>>Also, the manual is misleading in this regard. Making the hash table larger can
>>certainly speed up the search, which can then make the program play a little
>>better. It will not necessarily make the program "play faster".
>>
>>And, actually, I think the default for the Chessmaster personality is 4MB.
>>
>>jm
>
>Sorry but how to change hash table size?
>Rait

To have a personality use a different hash table size, you need to edit the
personality and create a copy of it with a different table size. If you want the
mentor engine to use a different hash table size, go to "Preferences -> Engine"
and change the value there.

jm



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