Author: Jari Huikari
Date: 10:24:03 09/01/99
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On September 01, 1999 at 12:33:23, Goette Patrick wrote: >Hello, > >I'm still surprised to see how computers have "difficulty" to respect the rythm >of playing that I impose them. I mean : as soon as a game is out of book of >computers generally ( CM6000, Hiarcs 6.0, Win Chess etc.), these cannot play a >move every 30 seconds as I want them to do. They can wait sometimes more than 2 >minutes before playing their next move. How can you explain this ? Do >programmers want to be sure their machine has not missed a winning move ? >Technical reasons ? In most programs level 30 seconds/move means that average time used for a move is 30 seconds. When bookmoves are done in much less time, program have more time for other moves. Program also plays better, if it can use only a few time for obvious moves and save it to more difficult ones. Perhaps there are programs having also the option that moves would always take 30 seconds or less? BTW: There are several programs which moves every 30 seconds. Not among the top programs, but some older ones, and some new freeware. You could mail your wish to authors of CM, Hiarcs and Win Chess too. Perhaps they could add this kind of feature to their programs. Jari
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