Author: Graham Banks
Date: 13:36:26 01/01/05
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On January 01, 2005 at 16:08:58, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >On January 01, 2005 at 12:21:28, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On January 01, 2005 at 12:10:53, Matthias Gemuh wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>>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 > > > >Oops. You are the one saying the "PonderOff"-Engines may be scoring relatively >better because Kurt is not testing with Ponder=ON !! >My opinion is that no commercial engine performs relatively better or worse >because of pondering, as long as they all play with Ponder=ON or OFF. > >Matthias. Agreed as Volker's experiment demonstrated. Graham.
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