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Subject: Re: Fritz 5.32 - Analysis - Hash Tables

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 00:20:05 07/31/99

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On July 30, 1999 at 07:08:14, Laurence Chen wrote:

>On July 30, 1999 at 03:32:10, Paulo Soares wrote:
>
>>On July 29, 1999 at 20:45:33, Alan Grotier wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>300Mhz machine with 64mb ram.
>>>Fritz 5.32 hash tables set at 42mb.
>>>Correspondence analysis set for 2hrs per move but have observed that hash tables
>>>can fill 100% anywhere from 5 to 15 min's depending on the position.
>>>
>>>Is there any advantage to be gained by letting the program analyse a position
>>>for long periods (overnight)une fois the hash tables are completely full?
>>>
>>>Salutations:Alan
>>
>>When HT is full, the analyses is made in a bigger time, of form
>>that the program goes to need a great time to arrive many times
>>doubtful results. If you want to make better analysis of a
>>position, in less time, I think to be better use the team
>>man+machine, mainly with chessbase engines. What I understand for
>>man+machine:
>>
>>1. Put the position.
>>
>>2. Choose Infinite analyses, and choose the number of moves
>>   that you want to see, pressing the bottons "+" or "-".
>>   This bottons are finded above the counter nodes.In the majority
>>   of the cases I choose N=4.
>>
>>3. Leaves the program to analyze the position for approximately
>>   3 min and choose one move, established in your experience,or one
>>   that is between the N moves, and study the main variants, always
>>   forcing the program to play a move.
>>
>>4. Choose another move from the inicial position and make another
>>   study, and thus for ahead, until giving for satisfied with the
>>   examination of the position.
>>
>>The great advantage of this method is that when you force the program
>>to make a move, you gained 1 ply, what it is not little thing in
>>time. In an analysis of that type, you  arrives to gain between 5 and
>>15 ply(!),  depending on the patience that you have to make the
>>analyses.
>>The disadvantage is that you can lose a more advantageous variant
>>if leave the program to analyze the position for some hours.
>>My experience with this type of analysis is that the advantages
>>compensate the disadvantages, without doubt.
>>I think that GMs and his team, use this method to found theoretical
>>novelties.
>>
>>Paulo Soares, from Brazil
>Hi Paul,I agreed fully with your method. I use it myself. The reason is from my
>experience is that many times the first choice of the chess engines is not
>necessary the best move for the position, of course, it depends how complex is
>the position. I find also that sometimes feeding what you assess to be the
>correct positional move also helps the engine to assess the position more
>accurate. How many times you've seen the fourth or other choices are much more
>superior moves than the PV of the engine? Of course, sometimes, the PV is the
>only superior move. Like I said it depends on the complexity of the position.
>Laurence

Laurence, you are rigth about the best move,it's plus a
good reason so that the analyses are made of this way.

Paulo Soares



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