Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 00:06:56 03/14/04
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On March 13, 2004 at 21:40:15, John Merlino wrote: >On March 13, 2004 at 21:27:48, Bas Hamstra wrote: > >>On March 13, 2004 at 21:13:46, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On March 13, 2004 at 21:10:30, Bas Hamstra wrote: >>> >>>>Hi John, >>>> >>>>I feel honoured and thanks for the lessons :-/ >>>> >>>>But why you played the match with ponder=off? This might affect timemanagement a >>>>bit. Not that the result would have been much different otherwise, I'm afraid, >>>>since TheKing is one of the happy few. >>>> >>>>Bas. >>> >>>If you would like, I can do the same tournament (or a different one) with >>>pondering on. This is no problem, as I run them overnight. >>> >>>As for time management, I noticed that Tao is a bit liberal with its use of the >>>clock. Of course, just about every engine appears liberal next to The King, >>>which is notoriously conservative. There were many times when The King had more >>>than 10 minutes left on the clock, and Tao had less than 5. >>> >>>Let me know what you want to do. I have always respected Tao as an excellent >>>engine, and a new version definitely begs to be tested. >> >>The same match with ponder on would be perfect. I suspect the timetrouble will >>be a bit less, since most engines are tuned for ponder=on and turning it off can >>seriously distort timemanagement. Some have taken measurements to cope with that >>(for instance when ponder=off allocate 0.75 of the normal time) but Tao does >>not. Also, if possible, could you play with the gui's book? Tao's default book >>is small and a bit outdated, I'm afraid. Book learning is the next point on my >>agenda... >> >>Best regards, >> >>Bas. > >No problem. I'll start that tournament tonight. Results tomorrow about the same >time. > >-- Ponder=off. >-- CM default book for both engines (which should also greatly improve Tao's >time usage). > >jm
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