Why no thinker talk?

[maxchgr]

wow. I ran thinker in arena and not a single boring game yet! Too bad I can't see it's thinking.

[Ovyron]

wow. I ran thinker in arena and not a single boring game yet! Too bad I can't see it's thinking.

Yes, it's very hard to get a boring game with Thinker

[Martin Thoresen]

This is weird.

I can't get Thinker 5.1C Passive 64-bit to Ponder using Chessbase GUI.

However, Thinker 5.1B Passive 64-bit Ponder's like there's no tomorrow.

I really like this engine but I can't figure out why it won't Ponder using the latest version

Anyone know what the difference between 5.1B and 5.1C are by the way?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

This is weird.

I can't get Thinker 5.1C Passive 64-bit to Ponder using Chessbase GUI.

However, Thinker 5.1B Passive 64-bit Ponder's like there's no tomorrow.

I really like this engine but I can't figure out why it won't Ponder using the latest version

Anyone know what the difference between 5.1B and 5.1C are by the way?

It's the ponder issue,Thinker 5.1b ponders by default and can't be switched off,many users testing with ponder off complained and Lance released a non-ponder version and guess what,it's Thinker 5.1c

[Martin Thoresen]

It's the ponder issue,Thinker 5.1b ponders by default and can't be switched off,many users testing with ponder off complained and Lance released a non-ponder version and guess what,it's Thinker 5.1c

So basically what you are saying is that the only difference between B and C is ponder and no ponder?

If so:

Excellent!!!

[Martin Thoresen]

Here's to honor Thinker:

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thinker 5.1B 64-bit Passive"]
[Black "Rybka 2.3.2a 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Smyslov variation"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4
8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14.
Nb5 Qd7 15. h4 Rfc8 16. Kf1 Bf6 17. h5 a6 18. Nd4 Qa4 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f4
Ned7 21. Qc1 Qxa2 22. f5 Ne5 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. Bxe7 c5 25. f6 cxd4 26. fxg7
Rxc1 27. Bf6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qc4+ 29. Kg2 Qf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rd8 31. Rh8# 1-0

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[Ovyron]

Thanks for the game. What was the hardware? and time control?

[Martin Thoresen]

Thanks for the game. What was the hardware? and time control?

No problem!

I am running a blitz tournament, time control 3 minutes per game. Run on a Q6600 at 3.4 GHz. Rybka used RybkaII.ctg and Thinker used an opening book created from "f-quisinsky__random.pgn".

[maxchgr]

simple looking win too

[Tony Thomas]

It's the ponder issue,Thinker 5.1b ponders by default and can't be switched off,many users testing with ponder off complained and Lance released a non-ponder version and guess what,it's Thinker 5.1c

So basically what you are saying is that the only difference between B and C is ponder and no ponder?

If so:

Excellent!!!

I think there might be more differences between the two versions but the main difference is the ponder issue.