very long time controls
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very long time controls
i have alot of different chess engines . i have noticed that if i leave a engine thinking for like 12 hours or more the nps always go way down . happens to all of them . does anyone know why ?
- NATIONAL12
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Re: very long time controls
a couple of years ago i had a cheap quad which behaved in a similar manner,i put it down to crap power supply.irvstein wrote:i have alot of different chess engines . i have noticed that if i leave a engine thinking for like 12 hours or more the nps always go way down . happens to all of them . does anyone know why ?
- Eelco de Groot
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Re: very long time controls
A long shot but maybe it is energy saving features? Probably under Desktop -> Properties if you want to disable them. I vaguely remember the times that the screensaver used to crash Rebel. Or maybe it was the harddisk being switched off automatically, something like that. That "12 hours" sounds suspiciously long. A laptop could try to spare the batteries this way though.irvstein wrote:i have alot of different chess engines . i have noticed that if i leave a engine thinking for like 12 hours or more the nps always go way down . happens to all of them . does anyone know why ?
Eelco
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If you’re lured to watch,
Are a wall before the truth.
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