Author: Uri Blass
Date: 16:22:27 01/23/02
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On January 23, 2002 at 18:42:42, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 23, 2002 at 11:57:18, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: > >>Blitzchess is only tactics.This is well known. > >I disagree. >It is interesting that computers becomes every year faster but I always hear the >claim that blitz is only tactics. > >Here is another claim that it is possible to say. >Note that I diagree with it but after reading that blitz is only tactics I must >say it: > >long time control is only opening preperation. >If book got you into a lost position you are going to lose and the engine is not >going to help. > >Why do you care about long time control game? >only blitz tells you about the strength of the engines. > >Uri I can add that *if* blitz is only tactics there is a simple way to improve the strength of programs in blitz. programs should never care about positional changes and it means that after having a move abd a score they should change their mind only if they find something that is at least 0.4 pawns better because everything that is less than 0.4 pawn is not tactics. Uri
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