Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:35:46 05/05/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 14:01:49, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >On May 05, 2000 at 09:35:19, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On May 05, 2000 at 07:03:40, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >> >>> >>>>It is true when posting I use one of the computers. >>> >>>!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! >> >>I don't think it's that important, unless at a very short timecontrol. It >>depends on the mail software used I would imagine. Outlook or Outlook Express >>might not be a good idea. Hard to evaluate the influence correctly IMO. > >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. According to others since this test don't tell which is stonger anyway it don't matter. OTOH You need fair conditions, posting at message at CCC IMHO has no effect. >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 ... Outlook for what? posting at CCC?. And if you post such a note as 2.) then maybe you should have checked with something like taskinfo2000 as I have then you would see the result was next to nothing and could have saved yourself the trouble of posting !!. Thanks. > >Sincerely, >Georg
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