Author: pete
Date: 07:24:12 05/25/00
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On May 25, 2000 at 09:22:46, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On May 25, 2000 at 09:04:31, blass uri wrote: > >>I disagree. >>correct pondering happens often also in blitz. >>Maybe it happen more often than in tournament time control but I will be very >>surprised if it happens less than 30% of the moves. >> >>Uri > >Well, 30% is less than 50% the last time I checked. The question I would like >answered is: > >Does the importance of 70% incorrect moves pondered overshadow the 30% correct >moves pondered? > >I'm quite sure that it does. > >Best wishes... >Mogens From what I have observed correct pondering tends to be above 50 % percent in computer-computer matches most of the time . I have explained this to myself that all the programs despite their obvious differences do very similar things and so often come to similar results . I haven't seen a clear trend yet that this number goes down in Blitz games . Has there been any published analysis of this question somewhere ? In fact it seems to me that when there is _no_ diminishing return or only a very tiny one a logical conclusion is that pondering will be of similar usefulness at any time control . pete
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