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Subject: Re: AT 2004 (90m+30s) Replacement of El Chinito 3.25? (To Ed Schroeder)

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 02:33:08 08/23/04

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On August 23, 2004 at 05:27:22, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On August 23, 2004 at 05:17:08, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:
>
>>On August 23, 2004 at 04:51:00, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On August 23, 2004 at 04:48:41, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 23, 2004 at 04:43:57, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>After the rumours here in CCC about El Chinito being
>>>>>a Crafty clone, we are wondering whether we should
>>>>>replace El Chinito 3.25 by Delfi 4.5. What's your
>>>>>opinion on that? [http://www.utzingerk.com/at_2004.htm]
>>>>>Kurt
>>>>
>>>>Why can´t you replace it by Pro Deo 1.0?
>>>>
>>>>Oh I see, it´s a clone of Rebel :)
>>>>
>>>>Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>      Hi Michael
>>>      Pro Deo 1.0 does not support the time
>>>      control 90m+30s chosen in our tourney.
>>>      Kurt
>>
>>Is this something new?
>>I have not got the time to test ProDeo but Rebel works with this timecontrol and
>>I see in ProDeo's ini-file that it still should works.
>>
>>Odd Gunnar
>
>
>     Hi Odd Gunnar
>     At [http://members.home.nl/matador/prodeo.htm] Ed Schroeder
>     stated the following regarding time control:
>     "Under ChessBase and perhaps other Interfaces such as Arena,
>     ChessMaster, Winboard a time-control problem may or may not occur.
>     Using the tournament time control make sure that time-control-1 is
>     equal to time-control-2 and that you zero time-control-3. So:
>     40/2hr+40/2hr or 40/20+40/20. Doing otherwise it may happen PRO
>     DEO will start moving instantly after move 41 for the rest of the game."
>     Does this mean that time controls like 90m+30s works in Pro Deo?
>     I am somewhat irritated.
>     Kurt
>
>
>Check out the PRO DEO FAQ for more information.

I think by tournament timecontrol he think of the old way with two or three
different timecontrols (like 2/40 + 1/20 + 1/g) . Your timecontrol (until FIDE
accepted it) was called rapid (or Blitz in Friz) timecontrol.

Odd Gunnar



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