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Subject: Re: Any advice on time management?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:50:42 02/16/04

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On February 16, 2004 at 00:33:24, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On February 16, 2004 at 00:18:19, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>That's why we have "timestamp".
>
>Consider even an engine match on the same machine. If you have 1 minute to make
>1 move, and your search waits until 60 seconds have passed before it stops and
>unwinds and sends off the move, it's too late. So how do you handle this kind of
>thing? Do you assume a time control of 40 moves in 40 minutes to be 41 moves in
>40 minutes?

On one machine, you are talking milliseconds to send a move.  If milliseconds
make a difference, you have other problems to deal with.  :)





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