Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 14:14:24 04/04/01
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On April 04, 2001 at 13:56:06, Nicolas GUIBERT wrote:
>>Another thing to consider is that game in one minute on a PIII-800 computer must
>>be something like game in 4 hours on the hardware of 10 years ago.
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>That's exactly what I think...
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>I would even go further...
>
>Why chess programmers play 5-6 hour games in the WCC (and that lasts for days)
>whereas they could play many more (faster) games in the same number of days,
>with a much more accurate result as far as to know which one the strongest is...
>
>For humans, longer games are very different from blitz games. For computer, the
>difference is not so big. So why not play 1 hour game instead of 5-6 hour games
>?
I 100% agree, that's my opinion since a long time and I have suggested this in
every discussion about computer tournaments...
>Of course, you have less time for talking with your dear opponent during the
>game... :o) I don't know you all, but I guess this would relieve some
>programmers... :o)
We could also talk between the games, I don't see shorter games as a problem for
socialization. :)
>>And finally, you could complain if the program in question (Tiger) was only
>>specialized for fast time controls, but as you will see it is not.
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>Even if it was specialized for fast time controls, that would only be true
>today, and maybe not anymore in 2 years' time...
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>Christophe : I don't know you but I am proud to be French
God save the black queen!
Christophe
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