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Subject: Re: What happened to the FastCrafty vs SlowJunior test match? (NT)

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:26:56 12/09/03

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On December 09, 2003 at 09:55:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 09, 2003 at 07:05:46, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>>
>>10x faster machine is a bigger adavantage than 10x more time.
>>José.
>
>
>Exactly why?

Because of pondering.

> (hint:  think about it.  They are _exactly_ the same
>thing.  In 10x time handicap matches, we play with ponder=off.

Sorry, I did not know that. I assumed both were pondering.

> there
>is no difference between 10x faster and 10x longer in that logical context.)

Yes, if pondering is turned off, then there is no difference.
José.



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