Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 13:33:39 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 15:30:08, John Merlino wrote: <snip> >Just about the only criticism I (a lowly patzer) could have against Aristarch is >that it seems to get into time trouble fairly easily. There were many instances >in the G/15 match in which Aristarch would take over 40 seconds for what >appeared to me to be an obvious move, and in the G/30 match, it would quite >often take more than one minute for such a move. In one G/15 game, it had less >than 5 minutes on its clock after 30 moves. The King, on the other hand, is >notorious for being very stingy with its time, and by the early middle game >would have as much as four more minutes on its clock (in a G/15 game). The time management in Aristarch is indeed very interesting. The used time is very volatile. I'm not able to judge, but I have the feeling that this is one advantage of the engine. My opinion is, that most engines played to quick. Well thats actually only a feeling, but I think often Aristarch prolonged the time in right positions.
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