Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 04:39:42 07/26/04
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>>I basically try to calculate number of expected moves to finish the game or >>next time control and use this information to decide about target time and I >>also use the time of the last iteration to decide if to do another iteration >>usually try to finish iteration in most cases with the idea that after >> finishing >>an iteration there is a smaller chance to change my mind when the main >> exception >>are cases when the program pondered enough time). > >Bad idea. Start the next iteration even if you don't think you will have time >to finish it. You might fail low. Wouldn't that be nice to know? :) On the other hand there, have you ever summed up the total time that is wasted at the first move? Suppose your target time is 60 seconds and you have just finished an iteration, which took 50 seconds. There won't be enough time to calculate the first move of the next iteration, so you might as well save 10 seconds. Bas.
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