Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 08:22:56 10/28/02
Go up one level in this thread
On October 28, 2002 at 11:15:34, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 28, 2002 at 10:43:04, Bob Durrett wrote: > >> >> >>It seems to me that it should be a trivial programming task to make the program >>manage it's time properly. >> >>Why, then, do chess engines lose on the clock? >> >>Bob D. > >In fisher time control of 90 minutes per game+(-2) seconds per move taking the >risk of losing on the clock can be in theory a good idea if the risk is >relatively small. > >This fisher time control is played in chess computer tournament and operators >may lose average time of 2 seconds for every move that they play. > >Uri After playing several games between CM9000 and Genius 7 manually I noticed in one particualar game Genius had only 3 seconds left on the clock with quite a few moves to play before the 50 move rule went into effect so Genius went into "instant play" mode thereby not forfeiting on time. CM9000 seemed to be more conservative using the clock than Genius.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.