Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:01:56 11/12/03
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On November 12, 2003 at 16:40:32, Matthew Hull wrote: >On November 12, 2003 at 16:14:45, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On November 12, 2003 at 14:51:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 12, 2003 at 01:36:03, Hans Meiser wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>http://www.vrichey.de/cct6/ >>>> >>>>The Problem of the tie-break: >>>> >>>>Suggestion: >>>>(1) two programs tied for the first place >>>> a normal game 45 15 between the two leaders. >>>> if draw two games 5 3 round robin >>>> >>>>(2) three programs tied for the first place >>>> Six games 5 3 round robin >>>> >>>>best regards >>>>volker >>> >>> >>>My suggestion: >>> >>>two tied, a normal 45/15 game. If draw, we just have "co-champions". >>> >>>three tied. three rounds of 45/15. a plays b, b plays c c plays a. >>>If any ties are left, we have co-champions. >>> >>>Otherwise, let's play blitz from the start. I see no valid reasoning to >>>use blitz to tie-break a "standard time-control" event. Having co-champions >>>is (IMHO) better than a crap-shoot blitz match, where quick searches often >>>lead to wins/losses that have little to do with the actual playing skill of >>>the programs being used.. >> >>What is the fundamental difference between searching to ply 11 and ply 15? >>IIRC you have sad you _don't_ believe in "tactical barriers" :) >> >>Anyway, I see no difference and I don't believe blitz would be any more of a >>crap-shoot than longer time controls > > >Then just make it a blitz tourney, right? If it makes no difference, then make >it a blitz. Then you could do a double round-robin and make it more >statistically significant or something. > >But that's not the point, is it. It must be slow time controls for a reason. >That reason is that search speed differences get evened out, and quality of >evaluation becomes more important that it would otherwise. > >Am I right or wrong? > >MH I think that you are wrong. I think that it is better to have slower time control for a different reason. The reason is that slower time control make software more important relative to hardware and the reason is not evaluation but search. good programs have better branching factor than weaker programs. This may be not enough compensation for hardware advantage at blitz but it becomes enough compensation at longer time control. Uri
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