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Subject: Re: 40/120 Mega Tournament 2005 Underway, featuring Shredder 9

Author: Ray Banks

Date: 08:08:09 02/19/05

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On February 19, 2005 at 11:02:14, Dimitris Poulos wrote:
>>Why "ponder on"?
>
>Most probably to simulate actual synthikes?
>
>Dimitris

Exactly - in human tournaments, we ponder. We don't walk away from the chess
table or close our eyes when it is the opponent's move, so ponder on is
absolutely the best way to run a tourney if you have the necessary dual
processor machine to do it.



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