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Subject: Re: Longer time controls

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:14:36 04/29/02

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On April 29, 2002 at 16:04:41, Otello Gnaramori wrote:

>On April 29, 2002 at 15:49:15, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>I'm pretty sure that even for those people the results show a consistent
>>improvement against computers at progressively longer time controls.
>
>Yes, of course, but in different measure than average people.
>
>This is from a pre-match interview of Smirin from
>http://www.kasparovchess.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=20898&p_docLang=EN
>
>
>Q:What do you think about the time control?
>
>Smirin:I don’t complain about it! Of course if we’d play with classical controls
>my chances would increase significantly, but I think the one used is okay as
>well.
>


Yup, I saw that.  This time control is perfectly adequate for Smirin to win the
match, and a longer one would permit him to win by an even wider margin.  I
agree 100%.



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