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Re: xboard/gnuchessx

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From: Tim Mann
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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