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Subject: Re: a question about chessmaster and hash tables

Author: Ralph E. Carter

Date: 12:20:05 12/18/98

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On December 18, 1998 at 11:38:49, blass uri wrote:

>
>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
>
>Uri
>
>Uri

Gentlemen:

To change the hash size, it is the .ini file OF THE USER UNDER WHICH YOU LOG IN
that must be changed. In my case, it is d:\Cm6000\users\mongrel\mongrel.ini
(Whether cm.ini must also be changed, I don't know.)

mongrel



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