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Subject: Re: Pondering while still in book.

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 23:29:00 02/22/05

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On February 23, 2005 at 00:51:25, Matthew Hull wrote:

>I've noticed that GNUChess ponders from the very first move of the game, even
>though it is still in book.  Is this a usual practice?
>
>Does this give some advantage to the search when the game drops out of book,
>since the hash table may have some relevant entries?

There is at least one advantage when playing on a single CPU. If you're still in
book and your opponent isn't, at least he won't get 100% processor time :)

Tony




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