Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:35:28 10/14/03
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On October 14, 2003 at 07:03:03, Claude Le Page wrote:
>Hello to all!
> IMHO statistics are not relevant , as the effect can work in opposite
> directions , following that one considers a tame line or a wild one:
> in a tame line each engine finds at once a +- good move , so it's as good
>in blitz as in tournament
> in a wild one it take more or less time to find a good move and some engines
> never succeed
> let me give an example:
> it is known since 400 years (Polerio) that after:
> 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5
> 5...Nxd5 is bad and should lose
> engines find right moves ( Na5 , Nd4 ,or b5)only after some time , and many
>never
> likewise, the best answers ( Nxf7 or better d4 ) need some time, and very
>few find them , only in tournament
> so , in blitz all egines play wrong moves and anything can happen
> in tournament TC only some succeed , and they score 1-0
> so long TC increase difference in strength for critical lines
> Friendly Yours
> Claude Le Page
Interesting theory, but that's not what we see in real matches.
Christophe
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