Author: Aivaras Juzvikas
Date: 02:33:23 07/21/04
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On July 21, 2004 at 05:27:31, Uri Blass 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 do not understand your problem. > >Every move you get a new time control and decides about the time management >based on the new time control and the position. > >If you had 34 seconds for 4 moves and played a move instantly then now your new >time control is 34 seconds for 3 moves. > >Using constant time for moves is also not logical and it is important to use >more time after fail low. > >I also do not use constant time per move for other reasons and I try to stop in >most cases at the end of the iteration and the idea is that at the end of the >iteration the program cannot change it's mind quickly because it needs to search >the move that it plans to play first so if the program needs a long time to >change it's mind then it is good to play immediately and not waste time. > >Uri correct me if im wrong but having only 1 single legal move is usually because you're in check, thats a threat and more time in this case would certainly help. if its not a threat then oh well, its not like you lose much.
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