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Subject: Re: Chessfun and Nunn1 Tests

Author: Chessfun

Date: 15:40:31 05/04/00

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On May 04, 2000 at 12:31:29, tony worsman wrote:

>Hi chessfun,
>
>after following your recent Nunn1 saga, I could not help
>noticing some strange time distortions occuring on sunday,
>this started with your post :-


Not distortions tony.....just some things you naturally
don't know.


> [ Message Number: 108521
> Date: April 30, 2000 at 09:51:26
> <snip>
> 1 min game    Fritz 6a 18.0 - 2.0 Crafty 17-10
> 2 min game    Fritz 6a 17.5 - 2.5 Crafty 17-10
> 3 min game    Fritz 6a 15.5 - 4.5 Crafty 17-10
> 5 min game    Fritz 6a 15.0 - 5.0 Crafty 17-10
> I happened to let 5/0 run through the night.
> As a result it looped through and played 5/0 twice.
> In the second set of 20 games the score was:
> 5 min game    Fritz 6a 9.0 - 11.0 Crafty 17-10
> I am not sure what to make of it. ]
>
>and six minutes later:-
>
> [ Message Number: 108523
> Date: April 30, 2000 at 09:57:29
> <snip>
> I will play 10/0 twice also to see if a similar thing happens there. ]
>
>all fine so far, but then just 8 hours later:-
>
> [Message Number: 108559
> Date: April 30, 2000 at 17:51:21
> I think I need to clear before starting any new match.
> I restarted both after the 10/0 games and then got the same
> score. Re-ran the 5/0 after restart and again got the same
> score 15-5 to Fritz.]
>
>Wow - in 8 hours you ran 20 games at 10min/game time controls,
>restarted the computers,
>replayed 20 games at 10min/game time controls, and got the same
>score,
>then re-ran 20 games at 5min/game time controls
>even allowing for some very short games this is incredible.


Well the first post
[ Message Number: 108521
Date: April 30, 2000 at 09:51:26

As can be seen is timed at 9:51 am. Is it not possible I was
up earlier and had already almost finished the 10/0 when the post
was made. I think if you check the times of any of my posts they
are made at all hours as my sleeping times are odd. Some posts
I make at 4 am.

So it isn't as incredible as you may think to play in fact
22, 10/0 games and 20, 5/0 games in 8 hours.


>six hours later you posted this:-
>
> [ Message Number: 108583
> Date: May 01, 2000 at 00:07:02
> At 25/0 so far it's 9-0 to Fritz 6a though I have not
> as yet checked the games as the match is still playing. ]
>
>six hours for nine games at 25min/game is what I would expect,


I'm glad that suits your timeframe.


>but the quote above raises three more issues
>1) how did you find the time to check through the games, both
>at 5/0 and 10/0 as mentioned in a later post.


I checked them prior to the 25/0 match during this same
8 hour period you quote. Took about 45 mins though sorry
I never checked my time exactly nor exactly recall my
thought process.....oh well.


>2) are you using the Internet on one of the computers at the
>same time as a test is running, geez, this makes me wonder
>if you have other things also sharing the processor, virus
>checkers, wallpaper, pet-catz, etc etc.


A valid point. Then it ultimately falls apart.
It is true when posting I use one of the computers.
As for other things sharing the processor I have the same items
running on both computers. By the way......................
catz is spelt cats. That's an s not a z. And I have no
catz only a dogz.


>3) are you an alien living in a different time dimension,
>sent to earth to discredit crafty ;-)


Sadly a lot of this post you went to so much effort on is
in reality a childish attempt again to try to show how smart
you are. And this final comment naturally makes me wonder why
I even bother posting here.


>Best regards from planet Earth.


Whatever.



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