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Subject: Re: icc games analysis

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 14:21:23 01/22/99

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On January 22, 1999 at 17:16:25, Will Singleton wrote:

>
>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.

That would explain it. Amateur was the one that was real confusing. Thanks Will.

KarinsDad :)

>
>If lag is bad, or a transmission problem exists with my ISP, I can easily lose
>on time.
>
>Will



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