Author: George Tsavdaris
Date: 14:34:11 07/25/03
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On July 25, 2003 at 17:17:39, Rajen Gupta wrote: >i have noticed significant differences in behavious between ponder off and >ponder on: and you cannot overcome these differences by giving extra time in >ponder off. > >shredder and even more so junior have different time management than fritz: each >of them uses up alomost all the allocated time in ponder on while fritz often >uses much less; shredder and even more so junior think for a lot longer in >crucial positions where they have to choose between different lines and play a >lot more quickly at other times when there is only 1 good move; fritz does not >show this behavior to the same extent; > >while playing with ponder off there is much less variation in time used per move >as well as the total time taken for a set number of moves and hence the time >management is almost similar between these programmes; > >these differences yield completelty different results in eng vs eng testing; >the performance of shredder7 and junior is hugely better on 2 comps than on 1 >against fritz8; if you like i can send you the games and results: as a result >of these differences i have stopped considering any results with ponder off! > OK.I've already said that you may be right. Please give your games in the following e-mail: gtsavdar@auth.gr Thanks.
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