Author: Mark Young
Date: 09:00:01 10/22/98
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On October 22, 1998 at 11:09:48, Howard Exner wrote: >On October 22, 1998 at 00:12:23, Mark Young wrote: > >>On October 21, 1998 at 23:59:46, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>Does the EOC setting in Rebel in any way slow down the NPS output? >>>What is the default EOC setting? >> >>The default setting is none. >>It does not slow down the NPS count that I can tell. You do have to wait a >>second or two after each move so it can find the next position in EOC. The clock >>does not run when it is searching for the next position in EOC so it loses not >>time either. > >Thanks for the reply. I can see why the default is set to none, since >the clock stops. Opponents would cry foul if Rebel got an extra few seconds >for each move it made. It is also conceivable that in a blitz >game it could be flagged by another opponent (especially a computer opponent) >before its own clock really ran out. It looks like a feature one can use for >casual games. I wonder if EOC was used in the Anand games? No this was not used in the Rebel 10 vs GM Anand match. You don't need it just for casual games. It only takes a 1 to 2 seconds to find a position. That is nothing in a 40/2hr game, or even much faster time controls.
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