Author: David H. McClain
Date: 15:28:43 01/08/04
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On January 08, 2004 at 17:50:52, Jasmine Baer wrote: >I use Fritz 8, Hiarcs 9, Chess Tiger 15, and Junior 8 as engines on >playchess.com. Most of the games are played with time controls like 3'+2" and >5'+0". > >Are there any tweaks in the engine parameters that can "tune" the engine for >these short time controls? > >I currently run these engines on the following computer: > >P4 2.8Ghz with Hyperthreading >512 MB of Corsair XMS PC3200 RAM >Gigabyte GA81K1100 motherboard >Seagate 120 MB HD with 8 MB buffer and 7200 RPM speed (IDE) > >I play over a fast broadband connection, use the default parameters, and usually >allocate 64 MB of RAM for the hash tables to Fritz and Junior, 32 to Hiarcs, and >24 to CT15. > >The programs also have access to 3,4,and 5-piece tablebases (the whole 7 GB's >worth). > >I'm looking for suggestions and ideas that I can play around with. I don't >really care too much about winning (but it beats losing a lot!), but I do want >to make sure the engines are going out there with all their weapons! Jasmine, Congratulations, you are one of the few on Playchess that don't care about their "points." Try using a smaller hash table for all your programs at those time speeds, perhaps 16mb and try it with your EGTBs turned off. DHM
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