Author: Will Singleton
Date: 14:16:25 01/22/99
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On January 22, 1999 at 16:13:14, KarinsDad wrote: >One thing I am unclear on. > >Was the fictionally named BillClinton playing against computers in some of these >games. For example: > >Hossa in games 2, 6, 7 and 8 >GODMODE in games 9 and 10 >TayxBot in games 19 and 20 > >These opponents took 0 seconds per move for many moves, so they appeared to be >computers. Is there a lag problem which would cause a mis-report of 0 seconds? I >do not know of one. > >Amateur in game 3 took 1 second per move for many moves. It appeared to be a >computer taking a full second per move, but if so, why did it need to in the >opening (unless it had no opening book). A human should have taken at least 2 >seconds on some of the moves. This was somewhat strange. > >KarinsDad KD, Sharp eyes, there. Yes, Hossa, Godmode, Tayxbot and Amateur are computers. The reason Amateur takes a second to move in the openings is that it has no timestamp; the others have timestamp. All the move times look appropriate. If lag is bad, or a transmission problem exists with my ISP, I can easily lose on time. Will
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