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Subject: Re: a question about chessmaster and hash tables

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:38:49 12/18/98

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On December 18, 1998 at 10:58:49, Harald Faber wrote:

>On December 18, 1998 at 10:47:07, blass uri wrote:
>
>>>>In order to change the size of the hash tables I looked at c/program files
>>>>/chessmaster6000/cm and changes ttable_size but I am not sure if I did the right
>>>>thing because I found that there is ttable_size also in Cmdefault
>>>>and ttable_size is 20 in this file.
>>>>
>>>>should I change cm or cmdefault?
>
>>>Change the CM.INI
>>
>>I looked for the CM.INI and the computer gave me 1 file with the name cm but I
>>am not sure if I did the right thing because I did not find a difference in a
>>test position that I gave the computer when I change the hash tables
>>
>>here is the position:
>>r4rk1/2p3pp/p7/1p1pq3/8/2P2N2/PPQ2KPP/R1B5 w - - 0 1
>>
>>How much time does it take chessmaster to find that Kg1 is losing(evaluation
>>-2.08) with ttable_size=26 and with ttablesize=10?
>
>Sorry, I am in office and can't check but there is no need to be 4x faster.
>
>>I found that in both cases the result is similiar
>>15 minutes and 4 seconds with ttable_size=26 and less than 18 minutes with
>>ttable_size=10(I do not know the exact time bexause I did other things in the
>>computer at the same time)
>
>15min<->18min is 20%. I admit I haven't investigated much the differences
>between the sizes of hash. Explanations and experiences for the size at which
>time control are well known.
>But 20% seems OK for me. Another point is that faster engines would profit more
>from larger hash tables.

1)I am sure something is not allright because I changedthe ttable_size to -100
and expected an error message from the computer but I found that chessmaster can
analyze

2)I did not say that there is a factor of 20%(I did other things in the computer
at the same time in the test when ttable_size=10

3)I expect a bigger factor than 20% because ttable_size=10 is only one Kbytes
hash tables when ttable_size=26 is 64 Mbytes

Uri

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