Author: Gabor Szots
Date: 23:58:08 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 Very interesting. What do these two parameters do exactly? What is the role of the number 125? I haven't found any explanation on the ProDeo site. Gábor
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