Thinker MP

[Christian Goralski]

Hi Lance,

any plan for Thinker UCI?

Sincerely Christian Goralski

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Thanks Lance,but doesn't the 2 cored guys deserve a version working on their machines

For simplicity of code, I did not want to have to deal with the complexity of configurable number of threads. This means that if I want to run with some N number of threads, I would have to recompile the code. It would be a little messy to release 8 binaries (like thinker-smp1, thinker-smp2).

For the moment, please bear with this limitation, until I am able to code the support for configurable number of threads.

Thanks Lance for the reply,I will wait or I will start teating at the end of this year when i purchase a quad machine....

[geots]

Hi Lance,

Thank you for the first multicore Thinker. Is there a special command to use it on a 4-core machine if I want to use only 2 cores?

I'm sorry, but at the moment, it is "fixed" at 4 cores/processors.

Lance, forget this version for a moment. Since 4.7a, you have not put out a version that shows any output at all during the game or in the PGNs. If you are going to keep doing this, which is really a pain for us testers, would you at least tell me your thinking on this and why you wont show the output?

Best,

George

There is very little code that is common between the 4.x and the 5.x versions.

The PV output of Thinker is simply from the hash table. There is no giant PV array in Thinker. You can also see this kind of simplicity in enignes like MicroMax.

Cheers...

Hi Lance. Im no programmer- but i kinda think we are not on the same page here. It would be very helpful if during the game while Thinker was "thinking" i could see its depth, kns count, and its thinking lines. Is there some particular reason that you dont want me to see it, or would it just be a lot more trouble for you to implement, or what?


Best,

[DomLeste]

George use old chessbase adapter check our CCRL discussion forum how u see thinker think.

This is a hobby for Lance so let him do his thing and use the alternative adapter.eng for now

[geots]

George use old chessbase adapter check our CCRL discussion forum how u see thinker think.

This is a hobby for Lance so let him do his thing and use the alternative adapter.eng for now

Dom, i have to agree with you. He understands my question, and if he was going to answer it- he would have by now. Best to let it lie.

Best,

[DomLeste]

Yes George its like asking a girl for her number You keep on trying and at sometime you should get the message

[geots]

Yes George its like asking a girl for her number You keep on trying and at sometime you should get the message

Great analogy!!

[DarioZ]

You guys have got me interested.

Please point me to the topic at CCRL...I've searched but cannot find it.

Thanks

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

You guys have got me interested.

Please point me to the topic at CCRL...I've searched but cannot find it.

Thanks

The CCRL has reverse engineered Thinker and now it's showing it's thinking lines

[Dann Corbit]

Hi Lance,

Thank you for the first multicore Thinker. Is there a special command to use it on a 4-core machine if I want to use only 2 cores?

I'm sorry, but at the moment, it is "fixed" at 4 cores/processors.

Lance, forget this version for a moment. Since 4.7a, you have not put out a version that shows any output at all during the game or in the PGNs. If you are going to keep doing this, which is really a pain for us testers, would you at least tell me your thinking on this and why you wont show the output?

Best,

George

There is very little code that is common between the 4.x and the 5.x versions.

The PV output of Thinker is simply from the hash table. There is no giant PV array in Thinker. You can also see this kind of simplicity in enignes like MicroMax.

Cheers...

Give us a pv of length 1 then. Better than nothing.