chess will kick your processors butt

[benlangdon]

wow try running chess at the hardest setting and see how hard your computer is working.
i put it at 3/4 and my cpu was at 100% and was getting like 160 F temp.

wow.

 

[gusapple]

Well, there are quite a few people reporting that small tasks like playing chess or opening iChat are taking up 99% of the CPU. All of these cases, including yours own a Macbook of some type.

EDIT: Feel like an idiot... Gosh.... Wow, I didn't read the post right.

 

[elfin buddy]

It will take up any unused CPU for as long as it takes to find the "best" move. If you set it to a harder difficulty, it will just take longer to move. But yes, I love opening up Activity Monitor and watching the computer "think" whenever I make a move, haha. It makes me feel smart to know that I made a move good enough to make the computer think for more than a few seconds

 

[benlangdon]

It will take up any unused CPU for as long as it takes to find the "best" move. If you set it to a harder difficulty, it will just take longer to move. But yes, I love opening up Activity Monitor and watching the computer "think" whenever I make a move, haha. It makes me feel smart to know that I made a move good enough to make the computer think for more than a few seconds

well think, i don't think so.
compute yes.
i think it is just crazy as to how many moves ahead it is processing.
that guy who beat deep blue must have been gnarly.
i heard he thought 14 moves ahead