Author: martin fierz
Date: 16:37:20 04/21/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 18:08:58, Chris Carson wrote: >On April 21, 2002 at 17:54:36, martin fierz wrote: > >>On April 21, 2002 at 17:47:40, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>On April 21, 2002 at 17:38:47, martin fierz wrote: >>> >>>>smirin is wiping the floor with the programs too. he was clearly better in >>>>*every* drawn game. he has shown 4 times that he is way better than the >>>>programs. with a longer time control he would have had the time a human needs to >>>>win a couple of games more. >>> >>>Sorry to disagree ,but you are making pure conjectures not supported by facts. >>>I'm simply not convinced by your claim, since also programs analysis get better >>>with time, period. >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>ok, you are right - i have no facts to support the conjecture. but i hope >>someone here has - i know humans play better against comps at longer time >>controls. i know there is data on this. does anyone have numbers to clear this >>up? >> >>aloha >> martin > >In general more time benefits the human. But that is not true for all humans. > >More time also benefits the programs. They can search deeper and in critical >positions. > >I do not know if more time would help GM Smirin, I do not recall time trouble >for him, also he agreed to play at this time control. 60min + 10sec is a little >shorter than standard FIDE, but not a lot. 10 seconds per move for the endgame (once you are out of time) is 3 times less than the 30 seconds you get in the fide standard. i call that a lot. besides, in all chess magazines you have the players complaining that the level of play under the new fide time control is much worse. aloha martin
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