Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:40:26 09/30/02
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On September 30, 2002 at 15:20:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 30, 2002 at 12:28:29, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 30, 2002 at 11:55:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 29, 2002 at 23:55:57, Rick Terry wrote: >>> >>>>On September 29, 2002 at 23:16:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 29, 2002 at 16:33:50, Rick Terry wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Is the time control in this Match comparable to 40/2 or to the Current Fide >>>>>>Standard time control? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Not even close... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't think the time control would have made a difference in the results, >>>>Larry simply pushed too hard in several of the games, where he should have taken >>>>the draw. >>> >>> >>>I simply didn't like the time control. It was basically "two minutes a >>>move, period" whichi is not too fast, but it is _way_ different for a GM to >>>play that way. IE if you watch a GM play, he plays a bunch of moves almost >>>instantly, but at some point will go into a "deep think" and burn a lot of >>>time mapping out long-term strategy. This time control prevented that, >>>which makes it less appealing. >> >>only in part of the cases. >>If the GM plays relatively fast in the opening then he has time for deep think >>later. >> >>Uri > > >Maybe. IE if he moves instantly for 8 moves, he has about 15 minutes for >a "deep think" but then has to use no more than 2 minutes per move from then >on. > >We did a GM vs computers tournament (round robin) on chess.net a few years >back. I was involved in a lot of discussion about time controls since chess.net >is also based on the FICS code and doesn't do "normal" time controls either. >The base time vs increment was a _big_ topic with the GMs, while I just sat back >and listened since I didn't think Crafty "cared" one way or the other... > >But their point was to try to find something that would "feel natural" to them >as in playing real tournament games. You may be right. Larry didn't seem to have any problem with the 2+120 control, so I guess it was ok for him. IIRC, his clock only got below five minutes once during the entire match. I can verify this by loading the CMG files, which maintain the clocks during each move. Also, doesn't ICC show the clocks at each move when you are examining a game? That would probably be the easiest way to tell for sure, because CM's clocks did not accurately reflect ICC's clocks because it was being hand-operated, and we were losing about 10 seconds per move in the transfer.... jm
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