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Subject: Re: Heeeeeelllllloooooooo Johan de Koning!!!!!!!!!!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:10:59 08/14/03

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On August 14, 2003 at 14:42:46, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 14, 2003 at 14:34:06, Andreas St. wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2003 at 14:20:20, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On August 14, 2003 at 13:51:20, John Merlino wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 14, 2003 at 05:53:43, Andreas St. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>is there any chance, that there will be out a patch for Chessmaster, that helps
>>>>>in time consuming???
>>>>>Chessmaster moves much too fast. Only with such patch chessmaster could play
>>>>>much stronger!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Heeeelllllloooo Johan :-(
>>>>>
>>>>>Greetings
>>>>>
>>>>>AS
>>>>
>>>>I can't speak for Johan, but I can GUESS that he would disagree with you when
>>>>you say that the engine "moves much too fast" and that it "could play much
>>>>stronger" if it took more time.
>>>>
>>>>Johan sticks by his clock management algorithm, and told me many times that he
>>>>feels that it is appropriate for The King.
>>>>
>>>>jm
>>>
>>>He may decide that the time management of today is the default option but give
>>>the engine also options to play slower in the first moves by defining a
>>>different personality(using time 100 is the default and using time when you
>>>believe that you have twice the time that you really have can have parameter of
>>>200).
>>>
>>>I do not think that chessmaster is going to lose on time with parameter 200
>>>because I doubt if there are cases when it is using more than half of the
>>>remaining time for a single move.
>>>
>>>In any case it is possible to decide about limit in the personality(never use
>>>more than x% of the remaining time for a move).
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>Hi Uri
>>
>>of what time parameter are you talking about?
>>Where can i find it. Is it possible to set any time parameter by using the king
>>with UCI?
>>
>>Greetings
>>
>>AS
>
>I am not talking about existing parameter.
>
>When I said to define a different personality I meant also to add a new
>parameter for all the personalities of chessmaster that means to play slower or
>to play faster.
>
>Uri

We did discuss adding such a "time management" personality parameter for CM9000.
We eventually decided against it for several reasons. At this point, if Johan
wants to clarify, he can do so.

jm



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