Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:32:12 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 13:26:56, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >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. You don't ponder in time-handicap matches. You do in hardware handicap matches. > >> (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. > We've done this before. It is a known problem to avoid. :) >> 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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