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Subject: Re: Are time controls too long?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:43:28 09/19/03

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On September 19, 2003 at 16:23:45, Claude Le Page wrote:

>    Hello Russel
>  in matchs between engines , I use now 50 min for 100 moves , and so ( with 15"
>  by move ) I have no more problems of time control
>     Maybe you know the origin of time control at 40 moves:
>   I hold it from Tartakover : the tounaments begin at 14 hours ; with time
>control  at 40 moves , adjournement takes place before 19 , and so players may
>have dinner ; on play grounds , he thought 60 moves would be more logical , as
>  40 moves are often the key point of the game
>  there was no objective reason to resume this rule for engines that don't need
>to have dinner!
>    Friendly yours
>          Claude Le Page

The only problem that you have is that most engines do not use time logically
and are going to use average of 30 second per move even for the first moves.

The authors did not care about the cases that you test.
It is not the case with my engine(movei) but it is the case with most engines.

Uri

Uri



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