Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 21:52:49 09/11/04
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On September 11, 2004 at 23:12:46, Albert Silver wrote:
>One of the common seen comments on Pro Deo is that it is a poor blitz player.
>I've seen this comment in several Computer Chess forums. However, one can't help
>but notice how unusually quickly it plays compared to the time it has alloted,
>no matter what the time control. At the Pro Deo parameter page
>(http://members.home.nl/matador/engine.htm) there is a switch that allows one to
>have Pro Deo play faster or slower on average:
>
>[Time Control ? 125] * 125
>[Time Control Status ? PB ONLY] * ALWAYS|PB ONLY
>
>(to activate, one must replace the '?' with '=')
>
>I ran 2 blitz matches using the Nunn 2 set with Pro Deo playing against Ruffian
>1.05 at 5 mins + 3 sec increment, in one set using the default settings
>(September 1st) and in the other using the time control parameter. The only
>other change I made was to turn off all learning (position, engine, book) so as
>to be sure the conditions were identical. It's not conclusive but it is very
>interesting, as 80 games were played in all.
>
>Conditions: Athlon 2400XP+, 32 MB hash, Arena 1.08 GUI, pondering off.
>
>Without Time Control setting: Pro Deo lost 16 - 24 to Ruffian 1.05
>
>With the Time Control setting (at 125): Pro Deo *won* 20.5 - 19.5
>
> Albert
Hi Albert
Indeed interesting. To verify if the above has not been reached
by accident you should run some further matches to compare
I think. The usage of time is a very important matter and
if this could be improved with Pro Deo this would of course
be a benefit to Ed Schröder's engine.
Kurt
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