Author: Dave Kuntzsch
Date: 10:37:45 09/12/04
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On September 12, 2004 at 05:46:21, Ed Schröder 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 >> >> Albert > > >Let me clarify. > >[Time Control = 125] * 125 >[Time Control Status = PB ONLY] * ALWAYS|PB ONLY > >First of all "PB ONLY" stands for "Permanent Brain Only". Meaning that the 25% >increase of time management is only active when using the Permanent Brain (PB). >If you want the option to be active in (say) regular eng-eng matches where the >PB is off by default then set the switch to ALWAYS. > >I don't know how you have tested but if the 2 matches were without PB you have >played with indentical settings. > >The switch is there because I think that increasing the time control works when >the PB is active and doesn't work very well when it is not. > >As you see testing is hell. > >My best, > >Ed For clarification: Are you saying that if we want [Time Control = 125] to work for eng-eng matches, we must specify [Time Control Status = PB ONLY]? Or is it the other way around: [Time Control Status = ALWAYS]? Dave
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