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Subject: Re: Are engines aware of opponents clock?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 13:20:51 05/24/01

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On May 24, 2001 at 16:11:09, David Dahlem wrote:

>This may be a dumb question but i am just curious about this. Are chess engines
>aware of the opponents clock, whether another engine or a human opponent? Can >an engine be programmed to take advantage of the opponents time trouble? For
>instance, stalling, forcing the opponent to repeat moves, etc. in order to win
>on time? If so, are there any engines that do this?

My engine has code to speed up when it has a huge time disadvantage.

Also, when playing bughouse, it will try to run the opponent out
of time if it thinks it is possible to do so.

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GCP



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