Author: Eran
Date: 07:12:42 10/23/97
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On October 23, 1997 at 04:44:11, Kai Lübke wrote: >ALthough I generally have a very positive impression of the new Rebel 9, >there's one thing that I found strange: > >The available clock settings are _very_ limited. >No Fischer clock, no operator time, no user adjustable time controls. >Well, there _is_ a menu item for that, but it only allows to enter >seconds >per move (either approximate or exact), but I can't say "3 hours per >game" >or "40 moves in 1 hour, then 20 in 30 mins, then the rest in 30 mins". >Even MChess 5, which is 2 years old, could do that! But not Rebel 9! >Instead, there are really odd presets like "60 moves in 2:30 hours" >which no-one needs. > >I tried to get an emulation of "3 hours per game" by choosing "2 hours >per game" and then resetting after the first and second 30 minutes, but >I have the impression Rebel plays too fast then (e.g. around 40 seconds >per move at move 60 when there are still 90 minutes left on the clock - >all my other programs take about 2 minutes per move under these >conditions). > >Maybe that's the reason Ed won't go to WMCCC: the WMCCC time control is > simply not settable in Rebel! :-) > >--- >Shep I have Rebel8 and will receive Rebel9 probably today or tomorrow. Since I like to play slow time games, I wish Rebel had user adjustable time controls. I remember I asked Mr. Ed Schroder a long time ago to make that in future versions of Rebel, but I am a little bit disappointed because Rebel 8 and Rebel 9 do not have it. However, I hope Ed will make that in Rebel 10 and on; I mean Ed should not ignore what we chess players really want in Rebel programs and it is very important. As to Fischer clock, Rebel should have it for any chess player who likes to play fast games. However, Rebel is better for slow games, and I have doubt that it is also good enough for fast game. Fritz5 is much better for fast games. Eran
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