Author: Lyn Harper
Date: 15:32:58 05/21/03
I've often wondered about this. My blitz rating is about 200 points above my bullet rating. Is it because I'm further from the server than my (mostly American) opponents? The major chess servers have what they call 'time stamping', which supposedly eliminates any injustice arising from disparate lag times between players. But the time stamping can do nothing about the difference in 'real' time when it comes to the players' thinking time while their moves are being relayed across the ocean and back. It simply readjusts the clocks every move. Are the players nearer the server at an advantage, or a disadvantage, in some way, because of being closer to the server? Or is it just because, being an older player, I can't keep up with the younger ones at speed chess? Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.
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.