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Mark Schreiber (Mschribr)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 9:32 am: | |
It appears Zillions does not think during the opponent’s (human's) turn. Is this true? |
Mats W (Kålroten)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 2:29 pm: | |
Obviously, it does not think during the opponent's turn. On the other hand, one can question how much gain there is in this feature.
What would be more important, I think, is to alter the way it uses time. Even if it has a queen win in one move, it continues thinking needlessly. It almost always uses up all time per move.
One the other hand, I think Zillions plays rather humanlike, at least if you have added some tweaking. I like its chess playing style. Probably it introduces much variance in the play. This makes it less computer-like than other chess programs, I suppose.
Mats |
Mark Schreiber (Mschribr)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 3:22 pm: | |
Is it obvious zillions does not think on the opponent’s turn because the search info is unchanged when it is the human’s turn?
It looks like zillions does not do much time management. It just uses the maximum amount time allowed.
It would be interesting if 2 computers played. 1 computer with zillions that thinks on the opponent’s turn against 1 computer with zillions that does not use all of its time for each move. I think the zillions that thinks on the opponent’s turn will win. |
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