Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 27 July 2004 18:52:11:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier


ChessWar + AEGT

[Daniel Shawul]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 07:21:05:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Olivier Deville at 27 July 2004 18:52:11:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

[Uri Blass]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Uri Blass at 28 July 2004 08:11:02:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 07:21:05:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

What is book hash?
book is an external file so I do not understand the need for hash for it.

[Daniel Shawul]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 09:21:06:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Uri Blass at 28 July 2004 08:11:02:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

What is book hash?
book is an external file so I do not understand the need for hash for it.

I load all book positions in to RAM at start up.
Previously i used hashing technique like the normal hashtable for
my books but now i changed that in to sorted array of positions.
best
daniel

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 28 July 2004 10:17:15:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 07:21:05:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

Many thanks Dan
The first game of DanChess in AEGT (a loss vs Snitch) is going to be replayed with these new settings).
Olivier



ChessWar + AEGT

[Daniel Shawul]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 10:59:49:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Olivier Deville at 28 July 2004 10:17:15:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

Many thanks Dan
The first game of DanChess in AEGT (a loss vs Snitch) is going to be replayed with these new settings).
Olivier

Hi Oliver
no need to replay the game. Snitch had the better luck this time.
Just use this setting for the rest of the games.
best
daniel

[Olivier Deville]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Olivier Deville at 28 July 2004 12:22:29:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 10:59:49:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

Many thanks Dan
The first game of DanChess in AEGT (a loss vs Snitch) is going to be replayed with these new settings).
Olivier

Hi Oliver
no need to replay the game. Snitch had the better luck this time.
Just use this setting for the rest of the games.
best
daniel

Good sportsmanship
I stopped the replayed game, Snitch was ahead anyway.
Olivier


ChessWar + AEGT

[Heinz van Kempen]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 28 July 2004 13:48:26:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 07:21:05:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

Hello Daniel,
and those that can give 128 MB. What do you propose? I do not suppose doubling all values .
Best Regards
Heinz

[Daniel Shawul]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Daniel Shawul at 28 July 2004 13:57:13:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Question to Daniel about DanChess ini file geschrieben von:/posted by: Heinz van Kempen at 28 July 2004 13:48:26:

Daniel, the default settings for DanChess are 32mb hash, 16mb pawnhash and 8mb book hash.
As in AEGT 64mb hash are allowed, does it make sense to increase pawnhash or book hash, or is it just a waste ?
Olivier

Hi Oliver
please use
main hash 32mb
pawn hash 20mb
book hash 2mb
the rest of memory doesn't have any effect
I have already changed danchess.ini file to make it more comfortable to read.
best
daniel

Hello Daniel,
and those that can give 128 MB. What do you propose? I do not suppose doubling all values .
Best Regards
Heinz

Hi Heinz
//Hash table sizes in MB understood by DanChess
MAIN_HASH_SIZE 16 //1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128
PAWN_HASH_SIZE 5 //1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 40 ,
pawn hash size greater 10MB is not that much use
so the best setting for a 128MB will be
main hash size 128MB
pawn hash size 5MB //if you allow extra 5MB
else
main hash size 64MB
pawn hash size 64MB

//book cache in MB
//change this value only if you want to create a larger book
//for DanChess from a large game collection
BOOK_CACHE 2
this parameter seems to confuse some people. Don't change the default value.

best
daniel