Author: Howard Exner
Date: 01:14:13 11/12/98
I was noticing during testing of positions that I was getting different times even though my settings were identical. See if someone can duplicate this... set combination Off, AntiGM to Off and run the Louguet position #10 in infinite thinking mode. Record the time. Now set AntiGM to smart and record the time. They should be the same. Now set AntiGM to Strong, record the time. Finally set AntiGm to Smart and now the time is the same as the one just previously tested (ie:AG=Strong). It seems as if the Smart setting is just remembering the setting it had previously. Should not the Smart setting reproduce the same time? I further experimented and found that when I change the thinking time from infinite to a tournament control, say 40 in 6 hours, that all seems to be working fine using AntiGM = Smart. Rebel now is choosing from among the 3 options as the position dictates. Can others confirm this also? If true should we not test EPD suites in infinite thinking mode but use a tournament time control instead? The other possibility is that I am doing something wrong. One last question on AntiGM. For endings it looks as if the Off,Active,Strong and Smart options do not have any effect. Is this the case? This would make sense to me as endings require their own unique approach.
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