Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 09:18:29 02/12/99
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On February 12, 1999 at 10:19:27, Robert Hyatt wrote:
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>it has a definite strength advantage. Because if you predict well, and
>50% of your moves are 'zero time moves' then the program has become 2x
>faster, because it gets twice as long to search. And 2x is a measurable
>speed increase...
That should be 1.5 times faster. You are effectively using .5 of your
opponents time as well as yours. Your argument above is wrong because you only
get twice as long to search for half your moves.
James B. Shearer
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