Author: Johan de Koning
Date: 23:46:32 08/14/03
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On August 14, 2003 at 15:10:59, John Merlino wrote: >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. We actually decided pretty immediately against it. :-) Looking back we may have discarded it too quickly, because I do agree with others that the engine does play relatively fast early in the game. However, I do not agree with others that an agressive time schedule would make the engine play *much* stronger. Saved time will be fed back and will be very valuable when panic strikes or when the game goes beyond 40 moves. Used time on the other hand can never be restored. ... Johan
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