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Subject: Re: Chessfun and Nunn1 Tests

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 12:16:00 05/05/00

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On May 05, 2000 at 14:01:49, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote:

>It is very important IMHO :
>
>1.) These programs differ very little in playing strength. You need exact
>results under fair conditions with many games, else you can't tell which is
>stronger.

That is true.

>2.) If you load a program like IE and Outlook , during the time it loads the
>program HD-access will basically stop the search. But the clock of the program
>will keep ticking. If it uses approx. 1 min for one move (not a very short time
>control) and its a critical position and it only gets 20 seconds effective
>thinking time ...

The timecontrols were generally much shorter, so I think you're right about the
consequences of using one of the computers for posting. I guess I should have
added that problem to the list as well. Thank you for pointing it out.

Regards,
Mogens



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