DanaSah 3.97 and losses on time

[Graham Banks]

Using a time control equivalent to the CCRL 40/40 repeating, I'm finding that DanaSah 3.97 frequently loses on time at either move 40 or move 80.
Have others also experienced this?
I've not had this problem with previous versions.

Regards, Graham.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I am running a tournament right now with this new version under Arena 1.1,no problems at all....I use 40 minutes + 40 seconds increment though....

[GenoM]

Recently I made a tourney at superfast time-controls and new Dana have managed it up just fine. Look:

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   Engine        Score  Da Am At Mi Mi Mi Ho Ho    S-B
1: Danasah 3.97  14.0/14 ·· 11 11 11 11 11 11 11   84.00
2: Amyan 1.597   12.0/14 00 ·· 11 11 11 11 11 11   60.00
3: Atak 6.2      10.0/14 00 00 ·· 11 11 11 11 11   40.00
4: Mizar 0.30    6.0/14  00 00 00 ·· =0 11 1= 11   20.25
5: Mizar 0.10    4.0/14  00 00 00 =1 ·· 00 11 0=   17.50
6: Mizar 0.21    3.5/14  00 00 00 00 11 ·· 10 =0   13.00
7: Hopeless 0.49 3.5/14  00 00 00 0= 00 01 ·· 11   12.50
8: Hopeless 0.47 3.0/14  00 00 00 00 1= =1 00 ··   11.25

56 games played / Tournament finished
Name of the tournament: New-engines-09
Site/ Country: SMARTKID_E2180, България
Level: Tournament 60/1 50/1
Hardware: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2180  @ 2.00GHzDual  2010 MHz with 1,016 MB Memory
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
PGN-File: C:\chess\ARENA\arena199beta5\Tournaments\New-engines-09.pgn

[GenoM]

I have to specify it's danasah397uci.exe from distribution file. Don't know about behaviour of danasah397wb.exe.

Regards,
Geno

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I used the WB version of the engine....

[Werner]

Hi Graham,
I had the same problem tonight with the "uci" tonight installed in Arena 1.99 b5.
Now I try wb installation. I just watched 2nd game: Danasah moved at 40. Rxc2 -00:01 so that´s quite sharp. Arena did not stop that game. But I have to watch the others too

best
Werner

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,
I had the same problem tonight with the "uci" tonight installed in Arena 1.99 b5.
Now I try wb installation. I just watched 2nd game: Danasah moved at 40. Rxc2 -00:01 so that´s quite sharp. Arena did not stop that game. But I have to watch the others too

best
Werner

I get quite a few time losses on move 80 which is even more annoying.
Anyway, thanks Werner. Glad to know it's not just me. Not that makes either of us feel any better of course!

Cheers, Graham.

[Werner]

Hi Graham,
I now try to help myself. There is a parameter in .ini file I will change. If I understand right I have to make it lower:
time_percentage 70

best
Werner

[Graham Banks]

Hi Graham,
I now try to help myself. There is a parameter in .ini file I will change. If I understand right I have to make it lower:
time_percentage 70

best
Werner

It's worth a try I guess. Thanks for the tip.

[Werner]

Hi Graham,
I now try to help myself. There is a parameter in .ini file I will change. If I understand right I have to make it lower:
time_percentage 70

best
Werner

It's worth a try I guess. Thanks for the tip.

Next test with 60 - as I had a loss in 80 again

Werner