Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:23:27 11/20/02
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On November 20, 2002 at 08:26:38, Vladimir Medvedev wrote: >>But for blitz i recomend CM 8777 settings: >>Ponder off > >Why pondering=off is more effective for blitz than pondering=on? >It seems to me rather counter-intuitive... > >Whith pondering=on the engine can save a lot of time and win games by time. Of >course, vs. human opponent (don't talk about engine-engine matches on the same >machine). > >Can anybody explain? No... because it isn't right. Exceptions can always happen, but pondering will, on average give you about 50% more time. If you play worse with that extra time, something is probably fishy...
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