Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:24:30 08/19/99
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On August 19, 1999 at 17:43:36, Thorsten Czub wrote: >On August 19, 1999 at 17:30:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>>(Actually, I even hate people with "Autoflag=on" on ICC... ;-)) > >>I disagree with this. When I play on ICC I have autoflag on, meaning that if my >>opponent runs out of time they lose. If I run out of time I lose. It would >>never occur to me to complain if my opponent called my flag. >> >>Having rules and following them eliminates distractions and potential arguments >>about whether the appropriate degree of mercy was granted, frees up more time >>for actually playing chess, and allows both players to look back upon the match >>as a hard-fought contest between two opponents who respect each other. >> >>Regarding the computer vs computer issue, if CST's own clock showed it >>overstepping I would probably post a bug to Oxford Softworks. If it overstepped >>by its own clock or by an external clock, I would simply give it a little less >>time to think next game. >> >>bruce > >We have worked much on making CSTal think in the right situations. >It would be a very easy thing to let CSTal interrupt search >10 seconds or 1 minute before time runs out. >Chris is too lazy and has no interest in programming >stuff like this. he is interested in making the engine stronger. >he has shown many times in the past that he is not interested in >doing stuff he has no heart-beat for. >even if it weakens the program. > >maybe it is very difficult for other people to understand. >because they live a life to OPTIMIZE on quantifying things. >But chris does not NEED to bugfix those things. He concentrates >and has the freedom to concentrate on doing whatever he wants. IMO >a very privileged situation. he does not need to fix it, because he >earns his money with other things. Amateurs have IMO the same priviliged >situation. they don't need to do things they don't like. >Ed or Marty or Matthias Wüllenweber e.g. have more pressure on their shoulders. >They are forced to do certain things. If they don't do it, whole >bunch of customers complain over the whole internet. This makes no sense. If you want to make the engine stronger, what good is that if it can't avoid losing on time? The clock has been an integral part of the game for too long to ignore it. Managing time is one aspect of chess. It isn't a superfluous point, it is a critical issue. _everyone_ plays with a chess clock... I can outplay _anyone_ for one move... if I use the entire time limit for that one search. But it doesn't do a lot of good to operate like that...
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