Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:15:48 05/19/98
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On May 18, 1998 at 21:30:03, Mark Loftus wrote:
>
>Graham;
>
>It seems to me that Tiger is more aware that he is running out of time
>than
>the Radio Shack is aware of the time situation for Tiger.
>
>I thought if the Radio Shack had tried some counterplay earlier instead
>of defene that could have made it last longer, but the Radio Shack is
>unaware of the time constraints to the opposition and there are no time
>control settings as we are used to, just the levels. Now it seems too
>late for any counterplay at
>all.
>
>It was fun anyways.
>
>Mark
Tiger has no heuristic to speed up things when he is short in time.
I don't think I should try to change his behaviour when he has time
problems. Instead, I should simply try to improve his play. This will
lead to faster wins in already won positions.
In this particular position I don't think he is going to have any
problems. But in some other endings, I still have to introduce some
bonuses when it is possible to exchange and go for simpler endings.
The problem is that sometimes he doesn't see the need to speed up things
in order to finish the game quickly. So he just keeps on playing
quietly. So both programs run short on time, and then anything can
happen, including Tiger loosing a won position!
Christophe
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