Author: Mike S.
Date: 13:00:15 03/12/03
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On March 12, 2003 at 03:55:34, enrico carrisco wrote: >(...) > >One effective way is simply viewing times per move using the "smoves" command. >Book moves that should be nearly automatic for a player of a certain "level" >should not take 3-5 sec consistently. Also, simple piece trades and perpetual >check situations also should not take 3-5 sec. This would effectively lead to wrong accusations. Don't you ever take time during a seemingly obvious exchange sequence, looking for traps, sacrifice ideas, choosing between two options to take back, etc.? For a player of a certain level, there are NO automatic moves. Maybe he'll see quickly if there is only one option which make sense, but certainly no automatic moves. In perpetual check situations for example, on might take some time to see, if it 's really forced or how can I escape the perpetual, as long as there is more than one legal move... Also, during openings I may take some time considering which theory variant I like to play today (or what it is at all, if I don't know that opening very well). So that neither indicates comp use. Furthermore, using a nearly constant thinking time *always* doesn't prove at all that somebody is cheating (more the opposite IMO, as programs are very flexibel with their time usage). That detection idea is faulty... The first priority should always be, to *avoid wrong accusations* caused by silly ideas of how human play "should look like normally". The bandwith of human behaviour in chess is very wide after all. Regards, M.Scheidl
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