Author: David Dahlem
Date: 08:13:00 09/13/04
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On September 13, 2004 at 02:49:21, Ed Schröder wrote: >On September 12, 2004 at 23:21:40, Albert Silver 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 >> >> >>I tested again against Aristarch 4.5. >> >>Without Time Control setting: Pro Deo beat Aristarch 21.5 - 18.5 >> >>With the Time Control setting: Pro Deo beat Aristarch 22.5 - 17.5 >> >> Albert > > >Maybe I should re-test the ALWAYS option :-) > >Ed Hi Ed I can't speak about other time controls, but at x moves in x minutes, the time management of the default time control settings of Pro Deo seem ideal to me. Regards Dave
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