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Subject: Re: time savings by single legal instant move

Author: Aivaras Juzvikas

Date: 02:24:03 07/21/04

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On July 21, 2004 at 03:44:23, Richard Pijl wrote:

>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.

yes i do the same, but i think if you only have 1 single legal move to make, its
usually because of a check. meybe in such situation its wise to use the saved
time upfront to deal with the threat.



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