Too many of my games are drawish

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Too many of my games are drawish

Post by ChessAddict »

I don't know why but most, if not all of my games, are drawish no matter how weak or strong my opponent. I'm using 2 quad 2.0ghz processor with 4gb of hash. My engine is Rybka 2.3.2a. I can't figure out whats going on with it. I should have enough processor power but it just wants to draw. Can't someone help me out. Thanks.
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Ovyron
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Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by Ovyron »

Post some games showing reached depth and thinking time, then we'll be able to see if something is actually wrong.
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Erik Roggenburg

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by Erik Roggenburg »

That's pretty impressive - drawing with Rybka.

Oh, wait. You're probably playing 3+0 games on playchess.com. :roll:
Tony Thomas

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by Tony Thomas »

Blame it on the opening book I say.
ChessAddict

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by ChessAddict »

I reloaded my operating system and shredder gui. See if this helps. I'll get back to you if i don't. Well yes i'm playing 3-5min blitz games but i shouldn't be drawing most of the time against much weaker opponents. Well hope this works. :)
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Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by swami »

it would help to know the stats of games played won/lost/draw etc.

Draw is a lot common, this is chess!
ChessAddict

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by ChessAddict »

What stats would you like me to provide? I can display some of my games but i'm not sure how. Thanks.
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Ovyron
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Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by Ovyron »

Try Edit > Copy > Copy Game.
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ChessAddict

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by ChessAddict »

I did the edit copy games but how do i paste them here? I feel like i'm running only on one quad processor. I see guys with just one quad processor getting 16 to 17ply and 500-700kn/s and i'm using 8 processors and i'm only getting 16ply and 400kn/s. I'm also using windows 64bit. I've tried changing hash size from 256 to 1024. It does show that i'm using 8 threads. Shouldn't i be getting more ply and kn/s?
Tony Thomas

Re: Too many of my games are drawish

Post by Tony Thomas »

My opinion about playing rybka's against other Rybkas. It's pretty much like a healthy person competing in special olympics. Even if you win you are still an imbecile.