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Subject: Re: time savings by single legal instant move

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 00:44:23 07/21/04

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On July 21, 2004 at 03:18:02, Aivaras Juzvikas wrote:

>has anybody got any good ideas what to do with the time saved, when you have
>only one legal move at root position and instead of launching a search, you just
>make that move instantly.
>meybe it would be wise to add the saved time to the next move so you search it
>for twice as long as you would normally.
>im askin this question because its very hard to test it (it rarely happens).

I divide the saved time over the next moves until the next time control (the
easiest way). I see no reason to use all of the saved time immediately at the
next move.
Richard.



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