Strelka is pondering only part of the time...!

[ernest]

In games against Strelka (2.0B as well as 1.8), when the average time per move is T (say 30 sec, for instance), I have noticed that Strelka starts pondering (when it's my turn to play), and then stops doing so after a few seconds, maybe around T/2 (15 sec). On the Task Manager, I can see that CPU usage suddenly falls to zero.

This also means that when on a multiprocessor, you set up an engine match (I tried Strelka 2.0B against Rybka 1.0 Beta), if you allow pondering, Strelka is somewhat at a disadvantage, due to this bug.

Is this bug well known?

[Alexander Schmidt]

Strelka is somewhat at a disadvantage

This is sad. Maybe you should tell Vasik Rajlich about this bug.

Alex

[Graham Banks]

Strelka is somewhat at a disadvantage

This is sad. Maybe you should tell Vasik Rajlich about this bug.

Alex

[IWB]

Strelka is somewhat at a disadvantage

This is sad. Maybe you should tell Vasik Rajlich about this bug.

Alex

I think Fabien would be much more the person to tell about!



Bye
Ingo

[Alexander Schmidt]

I think Fabien would be much more the person to tell about!

You are right. I am really confused because of all this programmers of Str*lka

Alex

[Graham Banks]

Strelka is somewhat at a disadvantage

This is sad. Maybe you should tell Vasik Rajlich about this bug.

Alex

I think Fabien would be much more the person to tell about!



Bye
Ingo

Hi Ingo,

is this one a Fruit bug?

Regards, Graham.