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Subject: Re: Making stuiped sacrifices using a very fast blitz time control.....

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 03:48:56 05/18/05

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On May 18, 2005 at 02:01:11, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 17, 2005 at 07:31:11, WAEL  DEEB wrote:
>
>>....is a cheap way to beat the engine!
>>It's a method to make the engine goes crazy several times and loose on time!
>>Sorry Father,you can't impress me....
>>Your wins are more likely a Grandfather play :-)
>
>Actually, winning at blitz against a computer is more impressive than at 40/2
>(or even more so at correspondence time control).

It is only impressive if the human was able to outplay the computer.
Wins on time are not very impressive.

YMMV

>
>Computers will hit the exponential wall at some point and basically "make almost
>no progress" at slow time control.
>
>At blitz, the computer will make new depth in a very short time.
>
>At lightning, the computer will dominate.

Lightning games between Computers and humans on chess servers are BS anyway.
A computer is directly connected to the Server, the Human Brain isn't.

Michael

>
>At G/10 seconds, I think a good program on a fast computer would {should?} never
>lose.



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