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Subject: Re: Engine Parameters

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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