Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 09:12:50 03/25/05
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On March 25, 2005 at 04:09:14, Richard Pijl wrote: >I'm playing three tournaments a year with this type of time control with the >computer. In my experience play does get a little better when using twice the >amount of time. But for me that is not the most important gain of such a time >control. >As humans do not frequently get a processor upgrade, I have a hard time >following exactly what happens on faster timecontrol, let alone making a correct >assessment on what happens, especially in more complex positions. >I'm often surprised by moves played or considered by the programs and would like >to determine if those moves are brilliant ideas, or outright blunders that need >fixing. By the time I start to understand it, usually a few moves have been >played already. >Another thing is that, because of this, I seldomly follow other games on CCT. >Certainly not when the Baron's game is running. Even not when the beauty of >other games is advertised in channel 64. Having a longer time control would give >me more time to follow other games as well (especially when playing a dull game >with the Baron). > >There is of course a clear downside to a longer timecontrol: It takes longer to >complete a sufficient number of rounds. Especially since we're not sitting in >the same location, playing more than 2 games a day would be virtually impossible > >Perhaps it is an idea to play this tournament during a number of weekends, >perhaps even 1 game per day where a limited number of bye's can be granted? >Richard. Here is something I just received via email. Have a tournament where every second saturday of the month you could compete in 2 120 0 games, and a running total of points over 4 months. If you compete on saturday 1 of the month, you can't compete on weekend 2. This eliminates playing the same person over and over and just accumulating points. Also if you start playing on saturday 1, you can't switch to saturday 2 in hopes of increasing your chances, or taking advantage of a person you know you can win against. After the 16 weeks of play, the field would be reduced to 16 participants based on accumulated totals, and those 16 would play 7 games over two weekends. From there a "title" would be awarded to the one that had the most points. Of course it would be author only. The only way that an operator would be allowed is if it is purely a better sitation for hardware _and_ the author is present during the entire game/s. That is not a half bad idea... time consuming, but certainly doable with only 1 saturday a month required. Peter
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