Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 06:37:27 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 08:12:07, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Well it is easy to test, in a self play match. If I find the time I might do it myself. It's possible that what you say is true, but the proof is in the pudding. Best regards, Bas.
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