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Subject: Re: Smilin Smirin is too weak to beat these programs.

Author: Mike S.

Date: 15:45:08 04/21/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 18:39:16, Chris Carson wrote:

>(...)
>There are many possible factors that can make a difference for human
>performance.  Stress (time pressure) can improve performance in some humans and
>reduce performance in others.  Concentration periods are maximized at different
>intervals for diffenent individuals.  There is a large body of research on
>"performance" both mental and physical in the health literature.

Form an amateurs viewpoint, I can add that there is a very simple practical
reason, why I play much better (also much better in terms of performance, IOW.
points) at longer time controls:

I'm forced (more or less :o) to think in the opponent's time too.

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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