Author: pete
Date: 08:53:04 05/25/00
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> >>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 . > >No, that's not a logical conclusion IMO. Would pondering a wrong move be more or >less hurtful to the search itself if the programs has 10 seconds or 2 minutes? > >Best wishes... >Mogens yes , for such a short statement I had really amazingly many logical mistakes in it :-) One for example is that the linear graph only happens at higher depths , or the mixing up of ply and time :-) The only thing that still seems true to me is my intuition . After thinking a little longer I am pretty sure that pondering should help definitely _more_ in blitz games than in standard games but before trying to prove I take a little more time to back this up to avoid stupid logic this time . regards. pete
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