Author: blass uri
Date: 16:15:03 01/22/99
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On January 22, 1999 at 17:18:01, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 22, 1999 at 16:48:57, Dan Kiski 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 >> >>I find it totally opposite, whenever I play a 2 or 3 minute game I will make >>opening moves as quick as possible sometimes 8 moves in 0 seconds, so as to save >>time for the middle and endgame. I find much mose suspicious people taking 4 or >>5 seconds on opening moves. Either way either could be a computer one with a >>direct connection the other toggling back and forth. > >Yes, both of these possibilities had occurred to me before I made the post, but >I never seem to be able to implement the consecutive 0 seconds mode in practice. >I guess it is easy for those with strong opening knowledge and games for two >such opponents to stay within mainline book for quite some time. I haven't >analyzed these particular games in detail yet to determine whether that is the >case (my openings are fairly bad, so I can never tell just looking at the PGN). > >For me, even in openings I know well, if my opponent is taking 3 to 5 seconds >per move in the opening and he has 3 or more good replies to my move, I can >NEVER seem to use up only 0 seconds on fics (on most any move). Maybe it is >different at ICC. This is probably why I loss on time so often at blitz. > >Amateur made 24 consecutive moves in game 3 at 1 second per move. That seems >strange. The consecutive number of moves is large and the time is always the >same, but not once 0 or 2. > >Hossa made 14 consecutive 0 second moves in game 6. >Hossa made 18 consecutive 0 second moves in game 7. >Hossa made 12 consecutive 0 second moves in game 8. > >Again, I guess an IM could do this, but 18 at 0 seems like you would REALLY know >that opening cold I do not understand how to do 18 consecutive moves in 0 seconds even if I realy know all the moves before the game. If I assume that I need only 0.1 second for a move then I use 1.8 seconds for 18 consecutive moves and using only 0.1 second for a move seems impossible to me. Uri
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