Author: Mig Greengard
Date: 02:24:57 11/17/03
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On November 16, 2003 at 23:24:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 16, 2003 at 22:49:20, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On November 16, 2003 at 22:22:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>> >>>There was something strange about the start. IE after Nf3 Fritz took over >>>four minutes to play Nf6. That was odd. >>> >> >>That delay was for a photo session. I'm pretty sure the clocks weren't running. >> >>-Peter > > >That could be. However I was watching it on ESPN2, and they were finished >with the nonsense pretty quickly. The clock on the monitor was definitely >running, although I am not sure that it wasn't adjusted later... The clock was adjusted as soon as the VIPs left the room and the photographers were shooed out. X3D Fritz had 1:59:59 on its clock after 1...Nf6. This is done because such distractions only harm the human, as opposed to both players in a human-human game or neither player in a machine-machine game. Saludos, Mig
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