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Subject: Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 09:21:28 01/01/05

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On January 01, 2005 at 12:10:53, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

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>> The
>>problem is that pondering is part of the program.  If you are trying to test
>>which is best at playing chess then cripling all programs is not necessarily
>>cripling them equally.
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>According to this logic, it is not allowed to test with Ponder=ON because
>some programs may be crippled (i.e. those that score better with Ponder=OFF).
>Kurt's tests are wonderful and much appreciated !
>
>Matthias.

Please allow me to download one program that scores better with ponder off.
Where can I get it?  If it does it has serious problems but I would like to test
it anyway.
Jim

• Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ? Robert Hyatt 07:51:24 01/02/05
  • Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ? Uri Blass 08:26:48 01/02/05
• Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ? Matthias Gemuh 13:08:58 01/01/05
  • Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ? James T. Walker 17:41:19 01/01/05
  • Re: Crippling a program with Ponder ON/OFF ? Graham Banks 13:36:26 01/01/05

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