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Article #4927Re: xboard/gnuchessx
From: Tim Mann
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:30
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:30
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It's a known problem with gnuchess that it tends to be too aggressive in its use of time, and ends up running out on the last move or next-to-last move of a time control. Also, it can't play very much faster than (say) 60 moves in 5 minutes without running out of time early. Is this what you are seeing, or is gnuchess "hanging" early in the game, taking an unlimited amount of time for one move? Having the clock count down into negative numbers when someone exceeds his time is an intentional xboard feature. It does not stop the game and declare a winner at that point. With xboard 3.1.pl1 you can actually call gnuchess's flag if that strikes your fancy. I would suggest getting xboard 3.1.pl1 even if this feature doesn't excite you, as it has several bug fixes and improvements over 3.0.pl9. --Tim
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,f5db37f15d4ebdeb X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-08 11:12:58 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.onramp.net!convex!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!src.dec.com!mann From: mann@src.dec.com (Tim Mann) Newsgroups: gnu.chess Subject: Re: xboard/gnuchessx Date: 8 Jul 1994 13:30:43 -0400 Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 17 Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <9407080058.AA05564@cypress.pa.dec.com> References: <CsKv19.8v9@aisb.ed.ac.uk>