Author: Mike Adams
Date: 01:22:16 10/13/00
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I dont have much expereince at slower time controls. I have played a few games at the club that lasted 3 hours but most were shorter. I think that with to much time humans tend to get tired. Also i dont know that time pressure is the biggest factor in losing to a computer at slow chess. Often i know in my games after a few moves, not neccesarily from the start but say from moves 11-15, you find that you are behind and struggle to catch up. Thats how it often is with computers they surprise us and then we have to figure out how to salvage. Having more time wont eliminate the surprise neccesarily. In particular players tend to move faster when the postion seems safe so they might miss using the extra time at the critical moment. If there is a good attack oppertunity then time might be a blessing. But many attacks are made with postional intuitiveness not neccesarily deep thinking though that is a component of a good attack. So its not just time but the humans abiltliy to bring to fore his chess knowledge and make moves that further the postion without great weight on calculation. For example kramnicks win against deep junior was not just a study in human concentration and calculation over a long periode of time but instead his ability to think creatively about how to further his postion without junior realizing it.
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