From: Gary Linscott <glinscott@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 15:36:10 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Be more aggressive on trying to finish iterations
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3698d9aa5573ca666c238b7d31a48b2aeede43dd

Be more aggressive on trying to finish iterations

Increase MaxRatio to use more time when in trouble.

After 16000 games at 60+0.05
ELO: 4.89 +-5.4 (95%) LOS: 99.9%
Total: 16000 W: 2700 L: 2475 D: 10825

No functional change.
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diff --git a/src/timeman.cpp b/src/timeman.cpp
index e1b3d4e6..8d2bacca 100644
--- a/src/timeman.cpp
+++ b/src/timeman.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace {
   /// Constants
 
   const int MoveHorizon  = 50;    // Plan time management at most this many moves ahead
-  const float MaxRatio   = 3.0f;  // When in trouble, we can step over reserved time with this ratio
+  const float MaxRatio   = 7.0f;  // When in trouble, we can step over reserved time with this ratio
   const float StealRatio = 0.33f; // However we must not steal time from remaining moves over this ratio