What is Ponder and when should you use it.
Thanks George
Ponder
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Martin Thoresen
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Re: Ponder
It's something you specify in engine games to allow the engines to think during the opponent's move, just like in real games.
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Graham Banks
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Re: Ponder
When an engine is set to ponder, it will think during its opponent's move.George Bodkin wrote:What is Ponder and when should you use it.
Thanks George
You shouldn't use ponder on a single-cpu machine, as you require two cpus in order for it to work fairly.
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IWB
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Re: Ponder
Hi
Ponder ON is the natural method to play chess!
The possibility to switch it on or off for a chess engine is because of 2 reasons:
1. Ponder off is weakening the engine. For personal play vs it a human might consider to switch ponder off to increase the own chances.
2. Single core CPUs. You can't run two engines with ponder on on a single core CPU with ponder on - well, you can, but the result is undefined and might favor one engine.
Bye
Ingo
Ponder ON is the natural method to play chess!
The possibility to switch it on or off for a chess engine is because of 2 reasons:
1. Ponder off is weakening the engine. For personal play vs it a human might consider to switch ponder off to increase the own chances.
2. Single core CPUs. You can't run two engines with ponder on on a single core CPU with ponder on - well, you can, but the result is undefined and might favor one engine.
Bye
Ingo