Author: Chris Carson
Date: 04:24:50 04/22/02
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On April 21, 2002 at 23:53:23, Terry McCracken wrote: >On April 21, 2002 at 19:35:53, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On April 21, 2002 at 19:17:44, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >> >>>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. >>>> >>> >>>I would add that longer time controls have the collateral effect of the human >>>mental fatigue...that doesn't affect the computer's performance of course. >>> >>>w.b.r. >>>Otello >> >>I agree. :) > >LOL! Yes it can but mostly and from experience the longer T/C favours the human. I started my reply to the original poster saying that in general longer time controls favor the human, that part has been deleted above. The poster asked for clarification on why a person may score better at faster time controls, part of that discussion has also been deleted. Most people do not like "pressure" or "time pressure", however, individual performance can be measured and people have different "best" individual conditions. Some people prefer/perform better under pressure, there are many examples in and outside the chess world, they are the exceptions to the "general" rule. > >It does me that's for sure, 99% of the time!:)
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