Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 10:21:11 03/23/04
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On March 23, 2004 at 12:15:47, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 23, 2004 at 10:53:25, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>I stopped using Movei as a sparring partner for Bruja because I thought a more >>equal opponent would give me better data. Last time i used it i needed to >>interrupt a tournament. I noticed Movei's clock was running but nothing was >>happening. Movei was playing black. Game had gone 15 or 20 moves. when i hit >>the stop button Movei immediately played (or Arena played) it's move. it >>appeared that Movei had decided it's move, but the move got hung up between it >>and Arena. >> >>Sorry the details are so sketchy, i should have tried to save what information i >>could. Even though Movei beats Bruja like a drum, i'll go back to using it. if >>i can any more detailed information i'll let you know Uri. >> >>Dan H. > >Note that movei cannot use more than half of its time for a move. >It is possible that movei takes long time for a move (but not more than half of >it's remaining time) when it has problems to finish the iteration but it is rare >and I saw it only in one case in the CCT tournament. > >Thanks for the information. > >Uri Time control as i recall was 40/5. when i broght up Arena, Movei had only about one minute left on it's clock - the other engine had close to four. i watched for about half a minute until it was clear nothing was going to happen. Something was clearly amiss but i didn't know (still don't know) if it was Movei, Arena, my computer or something i did. Again, sorry for not being more alert but if it happens again i'll try get better info. Dan H.
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