Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:27:47 08/29/99
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On August 29, 1999 at 18:39:00, Mark Young wrote: > >Yes!!! I agree....as long as both play equally as weak with ponder off and as >long as both again gain the same with ponder back on. This is what I have found >under the *chessbase* interface. I have yet to find a program that will win with >ponder off but not win the same with ponder on playing under chessbase. > >I will not jump to the conclusion that other programs that I have not played are >fine testing this way. But as I have lots of games with the chessbase engines >under both methods, and here I can see the results match very well using both >methods of testing. That's my point.. I _know_ how it affects crafty... until the time 'surplus' reaches a threshold value, it is very cautious about extended searches. And with pondering off, it will _never_ have a surplus...
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