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Subject: Re: Crafty and single-computer winboard matches

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 14:36:43 10/06/99

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On October 06, 1999 at 16:38:48, blass uri wrote:

>On October 06, 1999 at 15:30:48, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
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><snipped>
>>4.  A program (ie chessmaster) might poll for input, consuming 1/2 of the cpu
>>even though it is not 'thinking'.
>
>This is easy to check and if the testers are intelligent they will not let it.
>
>I remember from previous posts some monthes ago that it is not a problem in
>Didzis Cirulis's games because he gives the opponents of chessmaster more time
>becuase of this problem.


As far as I know only CM has this problem.

Didzis has found a way to avoid it: after CM moves, it is enough to open a pull
down menu to stop CM's polling input.

This has been carefully verified, and it works.


    Christophe



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