Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 15:46:11 07/13/98
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On July 13, 1998 at 14:45:05, Don Dailey wrote: [many things cut...] >Having played a couple times in the Dutch computer chess >championships I can say that I am very favorable to shorter time >controls for computers. This also got strong support at the >last world championship. 40/2 is probably very close to ideal >for human performance, it's about the longest time control a >person can comfortably deal with in a single session and still >maintain close to optimal performance. But there is no magic >time control for computers. I see no reason in principle that >computers must match the same conditions. In fact, based on >my Dutch experiences and others too, I find something faster to >be highly desirable, it's less fatiguing, more interesting to >spectators and easy to operate with full attention. The Dutch >was Game in 90 minutes and that was NOT too fast, plenty of time >to talk relax and still play high quality games. I think this >would be a very positive improvement to the format and of course >it greatly facilitates playing more rounds without getting all >of us tired and cranky. I think the whole game palyed in x minutes is not a good think for a chess game because more the game goes and more the moves are played rapidly... Don't think that time controls like : 40Moves/90 min + 20Moves/30 min, then if the game is not finished stop it there and play all the unfinished games a day that is reserved for that ... So it's possible to play 2 games/day... Best regards ...
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