Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:07:04 09/12/04
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On September 12, 2004 at 00:52:49, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>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
>>
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> 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
I am doing exactly that. As Ed mentioned, it must also be set at ALWAYS and not
PB ONLY. I am currently running an identical set of matches against Aristarch
4.5.
Albert
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