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Subject: Re: Morovic/Ferret -- what's the deal?

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 07:20:13 07/31/98

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On July 31, 1998 at 00:50:11, Danniel Corbit wrote:

>Is the match on or off?  If on, what are the conditions of the match, and when
>can we see the games.  FWIW, I think he has great guts for trying it.  I think
>the Anand match showed that computer opponents can be absolutely fearsome,
>especially at fast time controls.  The longer time controls are more interesting
>to me, so I hope that it is a 40/2 or better format.
>Slower time makes for better chess --> as long as it _actually happens_.
>Witness the slow death of the last few KKUP 2 matches. :-(

Monday 8:00 eastern, ICC.

ICC doesn't support 40/2, but I figure the way to do this is do the game as a
120 0, then moretime another however long after the 40th move.

Which brings up another issue, which is the secondary time control.  I don't
know what it will be.

bruce



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