Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:12:07 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 08:06:18, Bas Hamstra wrote: >On January 19, 2002 at 19:32:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On January 19, 2002 at 18:56:34, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>>I think the gain would be pretty significant, on the order of at >>>>least 200 elo points in comp/comp games. >>>> >>>>(no extensions vs. well-tuned extensions) >>>> >>>>-- >>>>GCP >>> >>>Hsu once said about 70 ELO max. >> >>Would be a nice test then to see who's right. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Don't forget turning it all off buys you a lot of depth and that surely matters. >I once tried it for fun in a blitz match against crafty and suddenly Tao started >to push Crafty in a corner again and again. But at some point Crafty saved >itsself via a series of checks. Result overall worsened somehwat without >extensions, but less than you would expect. And that was Blitz, at extremely >long time controls it might be even closer. > >Bas. No I suspect that at longer time control extensions are going to be more important. at long time control you can get more plies from extensions. I believe that extensions can be worth more than 200 elo in rating. Uri
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